This often meant hugging a tree trunk or a large branch closer to the ground, with arms and legs outstretched. In the winter, koalas ventured higher up in the tree and further out onto the branches.

Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals. Biology Letters , 2014; 10 (6): 20140235 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0235 Cite This Page : ...

Hugging trees helps koalas to keep cool, a study has revealed. In a study published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, external, scientists used thermal cameras to reveal that ...

According to a recent report, those cute, eucalyptus-eating marsupials keep cool by hugging trees. Wild koalas live in parts of Australia where the temperatures regularly soar well over 100 ...

A KOALA SPRAWLED on the trunk of a eucalyptus isn’t just resting its paws; it’s hugging the tree to stay cool in hot weather, according to researchers from the University of Melbourne. “If we all had ...

Hugging trees helps koalas to keep cool, a study has revealed. In a study published in the Royal Society journal Biology letters, external, scientists used thermal cameras to reveal that in hotter ...

A 2014 study has found that koala bears hug trees to keep cool. On hotter days, the trunks can be several degrees cooler than the ambient air temperature, and the koalas drape their whole bodies ...

Scientists say koalas lose "substantial" body heat to the tree trunks they hug in hot weather, which may explain how they survive without sweat glands. Australia's cuddly koala rarely drinks water ...

The images showed that the animals chose to hug trees that were cooler than the air by as much as 9 degrees or more. "These findings underscore the importance of trees to koalas especially in the ...