While Save the Koala Day officially took place on September 26, it’s never too late to celebrate one of Australia’s most ...

A new study has shown areas of state forest in Northern New South Wales, currently zoned as hardwood eucalypt plantation and ...

Scientists discovered that koalas have fingerprints almost identical to humans, showing how evolution can arrive at the same ...

Koalas might appear to be all cuddly and sleepy, but these star Australian marsupials are full of interesting surprises. Slightly resembling teddy bears, these marsupials are tree-climbing mammals ...

When you think of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), chances are that words like cute or fluffy come to mind—not cryptic or stealthy. And yet, researchers in southeastern Australia have just discovered ...

Snoring is a funny thing. Since it happens while you are asleep, you only know you’re doing it if someone tells you. Even then, it’s hard to believe. It isn’t very pleasant for those around you, but ...

Australia has approved the first vaccine to protect its shrinking koala population against chlamydia, a disease that accounts for as many as half of deaths in the wild among the country’s iconic ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is ...

Gaylene Thomas, a wildlife care manager at the San Diego Zoo, oversees two teams that care for a variety of species, ...