As temperatures climb, koalas may descend from their arboreal refuge in search of water, making them more visible and potentially more reliant on human assistance for survival. Generally ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s two in the morning and a koala is caught in barbed wire on a fence, like a prisoner trying to escape. A phone rings ...

“The truth is not a happy story.” Despite what koalas suffer as a consequence of human activity, and sometimes outright cruelty, the Victorian government does not consider the species to be ...

Viewers were amused by the surprise encounter in the viral clip, with one saying, "I thought it was going to be a monster spider." ...

A koala which drew wide attention after being rescued from an Australian bushfire has died, after failing to recover from his burns. The koala, dubbed Lewis, had been taken to an animal hospital ...

Clarence is in Port Stephens, on the NSW north coast, to join locals helping rehabilitate injured koalas and restore their habitat. Car strike is a key cause of koala injury. Volunteer Emma Bowen ...

ADELAIDE, Australia (CNN) - One couple from Australia came home and were shocked to find a koala in their bedroom. Fran Dias Rufino, who moved to Australia from Brazil, posted the unexpected ...

For what seems like time immemorial, giving a fluffy little koala a cuddle has been an Australian rite of passage for visiting celebrities, tourists and locals alike. And for many of them ...

It's a new chapter in the story of human mismanagement of the land and its wildlife since European settlement in the 18th century. After all, koalas were only introduced to Kangaroo Island in the ...

His relocation was part of a collaborative program overseen by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, "ensuring the health and genetic diversity of the U.S. koala population under human care ...

Toksvig said: “Well, it turns out that all koalas have got chlamydia. And it is possible for a human who’s been cuddling a koala to catch koala chlamydia pneumonia. And for a brief while ...