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Australia's koalas have been classified as "endangered." These marsupials have been struggling to survive the effect of bushfires, land clearing, drought, and disease. Koala populations in eastern Australia have plummeted in the last two decades and are now on the verge of extinction.
The koala was not even classified as vulnerable until 2012, but it has seen a rapid decline.
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.
The Australian Koala Foundation estimates there are possibly as few as 43,000 Koalas left in the wild.
Many koalas in Australia suffer from chlamydia.