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Japan's beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TOKYO — Two popular pandas are set to leave Tokyo for China Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years as ties between the Asian neighbours fray.
Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
AFP, Published on 10/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Australian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said Wednesday, as they seek to stamp out a sexually transmitted disease responsible for about half of all deaths of the fluffy marsupial in the wild.
Australia halts logging for koala haven on eastern coast
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia halted logging in a large stretch of woodland on the country's eastern coast Sunday to create a retreat for koalas and save the local population from extinction.
Australia lists small wallaby among new endangered species
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia listed a small wallaby and the grey snake among 15 new threatened species on Tuesday as it launched a zero-extinction plan for its unique wildlife.
Australia warns koalas 'endangered' as numbers plunge
AFP, Published on 11/02/2022
» SYDNEY - Australia officially listed koalas across a swathe of its eastern coast as "endangered" on Friday, with the marsupials fighting to survive the impact of bushfires, land-clearing, drought and disease.
Aussie researchers to test koala 'facial recognition'
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Australian researchers are launching a koala "facial recognition" study that aims to better monitor the marsupials' behaviour and ultimately aid in their conservation.
Tennis players go wild: Serena heads to zoo, Djokovic barefoot as quarantine ends
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA) - A relieved Serena Williams took her daughter to the zoo Friday and Novak Djokovic was happy to simply walk barefoot in a park as the stars of tennis emerged from a fortnight of quarantine.
Baby boom at Taipei Zoo lightens pandemic blues
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's largest zoo has celebrated a flurry of births in recent months, including pandas and pangolins, in a welcome boost during a visitor slump due to the coronavirus.
Koala row threatens leader of Australia's biggest state
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» SYDNEY - A dispute over protection measures for Australia's endangered koalas threatened Thursday to topple the government of the country's biggest state.
About 3bn animals killed, uprooted by Australian bushfires
AFP, Published on 28/07/2020
» SYDNEY: Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia's unprecedented 2019-20 wildfires in "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history", according to a report released Tuesday.