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April 13, 2022

Frozen sperm and assisted reproduction: time to pull out all stops to save the endangered koala

Lachlan G. Howell, Deakin University; Ryan R. Witt, University of Newcastle, and John Clulow, University of Newcastle

Captive breeding of koalas could be done much more cheaply and avoid inbreeding issues if we embrace assisted reproduction.

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December 4, 2020

Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species

Lachlan G. Howell, University of Newcastle and John Clulow, University of Newcastle

Breeding in captivity is expensive, and means the animal’s gene pool will be sorely depleted. Using sperm and egg freezing and IVF techniques can reduce that.

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June 5, 2020

Let’s fix Australia’s environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it

Lachlan G. Howell, University of Newcastle; John Clulow, University of Newcastle; John Rodger, University of Newcastle, and Ryan R. Witt, University of Newcastle

New Zealand is pumping millions of dollars into environment projects as part of its COVID-19 recovery. Australia’s recovery plan seems more destructive than reconstructive.

Un koala sauvé des flammes, le 2 novembre 2019 à Port Macquarie, ville côtière de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud. SAEED KHAN/AFP

January 5, 2020

Incendies en Australie : la cryogénie pour sauver les koalas

Ryan R. Witt, University of Newcastle; Chad T. Beranek, University of Newcastle; John Clulow, University of Newcastle; John Rodger, University of Newcastle; Lachlan G. Howell, University of Newcastle, and Robert Scanlon, University of Newcastle

Les incendies hors normes qui ravagent la côte Est de l’Australie menacent tout particulièrement les koalas. Comment sauver cette espèce emblématique ?

Over the coming months, koalas will depend on wildlife hospitals to recover from the effects of unprecedented bushfires. Lachlan G. Howell

December 10, 2019

To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice

Ryan R. Witt, University of Newcastle; Chad T. Beranek, University of Newcastle; John Clulow, University of Newcastle; John Rodger, University of Newcastle; Lachlan G. Howell, University of Newcastle, and Robert Scanlon, University of Newcastle

Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia’s east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding.

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