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

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 ...

Koalas are endangered in much of Australia now but in in the past there were multiple species living across the continent. The discovery of an ancient relative of the koala helps fill a 30 million ...

A study completed last year by The University of Sydney looked at the entire Koala genome – more than 26,000 genes – and ...

An artist’s illustration of the 25 million year old Ditjimanka Lumakoala blackae, featuring (left to right) the wallaby-sized herbivore Muramura williamsi, an extinct koala relative named Madakoala ...

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 ...

The construction of new homes in Canberra's north remains on hold after a koala was spotted. Now, a dead koala has been found ...

Standing around 3 feet high, the modern koala is roughly 25 pounds of claws and teeth, tufty ears and fluffy white marsupial tummy. You could give one a hug — experts suggest that they prefer it if ...