Researchers find that it is a tough life out there for koalas

Updated February 21 2017 - 5:02pm, first published 4:50pm
SPECIES DECLINE: More and faster roads mean more deaths of koalas by cars.
SPECIES DECLINE: More and faster roads mean more deaths of koalas by cars.

CARS and chlamydia were the top causes of a dramatic rise in south-east Queensland koala deaths over the past two decades, according to a University of Queensland study.