Koalas might appear to be all cuddly and sleepy, but these star Australian marsupials ... Chlamydia is a common (and serious) koala infection. The sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia, can affect ...

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is in Queensland, where it is still legal for wildlife and entertainment venues to offer koala cuddles after some other states banned the practice decades ago.

New research revealed that two-thirds of recorded koala deaths occur during the brief period they spend on the ground.

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 19, 2023, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Conceivably Cuter: A 25-Million-Year-Old Koala You Could Cuddle Like a Cat.

Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo can feast their eyes on one of its newest, cutest babies — a yet-to-be-named koala joey. The cuddly baby koala climbed out of his mother’s pouch recently and ...

A koala sanctuary has put an end to koala cuddles leaving some visitors disappointed they will no longer be able to hold the cuddly animals.

Maybe you're an adventure seeker, and want to dive the Great Barrier Reef or hold a cuddly koala. Australia is an ideal place to check off these bucket list items.

A post to TikTok captured the stunning moment a koala sitting beside a Queensland motorway became aggressive after a woman approached it for a cuddle.

In captivity, they seem pretty cuddly, both with each other and with their keepers. When Clode was working at the Adelaide Zoo, one morning a koala named Charlie wasn’t interested in his gum ...

Is it cruel to cuddle a koala? Sanctuary stops hugs amid debate. Taylor Swift and Pope John Paul II are among those who cuddled koalas at Lone Pine Sanctuary. But the Australia park abandoned the ...