Koala concerns
Australia’s cuddly koalas could face extinction within 30 years, according to the Australian Koala Foundation. There could be as few as 43,000 koalas on the Australian mainland, the foundation says. Previous estimates put the population at 100,000, and the IUCN’s Red List classifies it as a species of “least concern”.
Plant prints
Every known plant species on the planet could soon have its unique DNA fingerprint logged. An agreement due to be signed by 50 nations at the International Barcode of Life conference in Mexico City on 10 November will lead to the first universal DNA…
