Koalas are the only non-primates with fingerprints. How is that possible—and why?

Koalas aren't bears and they rarely drink water.

Australian soldiers from the 9th Brigade used their day off to help feed displaced koalas affected by bushfires at Cleland Wildlife Park.

Abandoned as a puppy because he was too obsessive, Bear the dog is now rescuing koalas.

Rescuers are racing to save koalas as a barrage of bushfires roar across the country.

New funding will help a Nerang-based conservation group to build a 'fodder farm' for recovering wildlife.

Water stations reduce heat stress and other effects of drought and extreme weather events on koalas and other animals, new research finds.

Some koalas may be pickier eaters than others due to the mix of microbes in their lower gastrointestinal tract, but faecal transplants could help them diversify their diet, a new study suggests.

Koala chlamydia has had devastating effects in Queensland and New South Wales, but a population believed to entirely free of the disease on Kangaroo Island is being heralded as a potential lifeline.

The Port Macquarie koala hospital fears more than 350 koalas may have died in a bushfire south of the town, with staff frustrated they cannot yet access the site.

Injured koalas receive life-saving treatment after surviving devastating bushfires on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behavior. A new study describes the animal's drinking habit in the wild for the first time.

A team of Australian scientists and wildlife ecologists has captured koala drinking behavior in the wild for the first time. Each day, wild koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) eat around 510 grams of fresh eucalyptus leaves, and the water in the foliage they feed on is believed to contribute about 75% of their water intake in both [...]

Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behavior - how these tree-dwelling marsupials native to Australia consume enough water to live.

Enigmatic marsupial has previously been thought to absorb almost all its moisture from eating leaves

With the all clear to begin clearing land at Mount Gilead for a 1,700-home housing estate, there have been renewed calls for a national park isolating the area's koalas.

The NSW Government will discuss establishing a national park south of Sydney to protect the state's last chlamydia-free koala colony under threat by urban expansion.

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The teenagers filmed the inside of their car brimming with koalas in Kangaroo Island, south of Adelaide, and the clip was shared to Reddit on Sunday.

Once the koalas are located, the team and wildlife care experts can give the animals the support they need to survive in the wild.

Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behavior. A new study describes the animal's drinking habit in the wild for the first time.