Koalas just can’t catch a break. Throughout their native territories in eastern Australia, the famously tree-loving marsupials face ever-shrinking habitats. Human development has carved up their ...

Koalas may be the pickiest marsupials around: They evolved to feed almost exclusively on the leaves of Eucalyptus trees, and they are highly selective when it comes to which species and even which ...

Koalas stay close to their mothers for their first few years of life. By around age three, males typically set out to find their own territory—a move that pays off when it comes time to find a mate.

Late last year, Lock the Gate Alliance used a thermal drone to find the endangered koalas in the Dalby State Forest, which Arrow Energy will clear as part of the ongoing Surat Gas Project. The SGP is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A heartwarming discovery of an endangered koala and her young joey ...

The koala was officially declared endangered in the Australian state of New South Wales in February 2022. A year later, the Labor Party promised to create a 315,000-hectare (778,000-acre) Great Koala ...

Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...

It’s a visionary idea: a national park for koalas. Conceived over a decade ago, the idea gained prominence after Labor took the idea to three successive elections in New South Wales. Now they’re in ...

A koala and her joey try to reach the last leaves on a tree. Desley Whisson The “secret culling” of 700 koalas by the Victorian government at Cape Otway in late 2013 and early 2014 made front-page ...