Koalas clinging onto trunks may look like one of nature’s cutest things online, but their tree-hugging is actually deeply ...

An adult koala eats a eucalyptus leaf. Joeys can't break down the toxic, fibrous plants on their own yet. Photograph By David Marks/National Geographic When it’s time to feed the kids, koala moms do ...

COLUMBIA — Lottie and her daughter Charlotte spent most of their Tuesday as they do the rest of the week: Resting peacefully atop a eucalyptus-adorned tree at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, sometimes ...

Powerful technology that efficiently detects and accurately predicts eucalyptus tree species favored by koalas could help ecologists find the best habitats for their conservation. Researchers, in a ...

A hungry koala nicknamed "Claude" has returned to a plant nursery to rob them of their delicious vegetation and brought some friends of his along. Claude was busted last year for munching his way ...

Koalas are unique in the animal kingdom, living on a eucalyptus diet that would kill other creatures and drinking so little their name comes from the Dharug word gula, meaning "no water." Today, many ...