While Save the Koala Day officially took place on September 26, it’s never too late to celebrate one of Australia’s most iconic (and misunderstood) animals. Often referred to as “koala bears,” koalas ...

A gardener growing eucalyptus seedlings for koala habitats has found his plants being eaten by a single greedy one. Nicknamed "Claude" for his sharp claws, this thieving koala is thought to have eaten ...

Commentary: Reports abound that recent bushfires have pushed the cuddly marsupial to the brink. The species has actually been under threat for much longer. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and ...

Thieves broke into a San Francisco Zoo exhibit and stole two prized koala bears that zookeepers said yesterday could easily die without special food and care. The two marsupials, an ailing mother and ...

Holding a koala in your arms, feeling its paws on your shoulder and gazing into its cute beady eyes - for many tourists this is a long-cherished dream. But many travellers to Australia may be ...

For Save the Koala Day, learn how conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson’s work helps protect these iconic marsupials Jack Tamisiea Smithsonian chief scientist Rebecca Johnson snaps a selfie with one ...

Koalas are absolutely fascinating creatures. Females have two vaginas, and males have a bifurcated penis split into two prongs. They also have one of the smallest brains in proportion to body weight ...

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Koalas live in exactly one place in the world—Australia—and rely for food and shelter mostly on a single plant, eucalyptus, aka gum trees, which are poisonous to most animals but which koalas are ...

Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood is home to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, but a daycation trip to another zoo in Cleveland offers encounters something one can’t visit in Pennsylvania — koalas.

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