Australian scientists work to save koalas
Koalas are in big trouble, but scientists sequencing their genome say they might have a solution.
Published On 17 May 2013
Australian scientists say they have made a breakthrough in the fight to save one of their best-known native animals – the koala. The species is under threat from a sexually transmitted disease. But gene-mapping could help provide a vaccine.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Beerwah, in the state of Queensland.