Koalas are expert climbers, and it turns out they have a special anatomical secret. This video features a close-up look at a ...

Scientists have figured out how koalas are able to produce a mating call that is so low-pitched it ought to come from a creature the size of an elephant. The vocalizations are made with a previously ...

Koalas look like harmless stuffed animals, but the transcript paints them as the “king of dumb” in the animal kingdom. They ...

Koalas are a nationally endangered and iconic species in Australia, yet their populations are rapidly declining due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and disease, and very little is known about the fine ...

The 13 koalas released back into the Blue Mountains of Australia are part of the most genetically diverse koala population in the country Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Koalas present something of a paradox. They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so ...

An analysis of 11,862 koala rescue admissions to NSW animal hospitals found the marsupials were more likely to die when the seven-day average maximum temperature was greater than 27 degrees Celsius.

Sure, they’re cute, and they certainly look cuddly. But here are a few other, more surprising things you might not have known about koalas. 1. Koalas hug trees to keep cool. Scientists used thermal ...

As we brace for an unusually hot summer, spare a thought for koalas. They will be out and about in search of love, food and water in the searing heat. Mother koalas with pouch young are especially ...

Australia on Friday listed koalas along much of its east coast as endangered after the native marsupial’s habitats were hit by prolonged drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees.