New research into how a retrovirus is spreading across populations of wild koalas in Queensland, Australia is leading to a ...

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

The genetic switch effectively reduces the impact of the retrovirus, strengthening the immune system of the beloved but endangered marsupial, said Keith Chappell, a virologist at the University of ...

By Mike DiGirolamo The koala was officially declared endangered in the Australian state of New South Wales in February 2022. A year later, the Labor Party promised to create a 315,000-hectare (778,000 ...