Koalas spend 20 hours a day sleeping, and most of the rest eating. But a new study focuses on a tiny fraction of the day when ...

When it’s time to feed the kids, koala moms do their doody. Then the little ones snack on it. Before you poo-poo the idea, a koala mom feedinga form ofexcrement to their young i ...

As of 2021, the koala population was estimated to be between 32,065 and 57,920, with huge population declines in recent years. Claude was caught in the act after a particularly heavy night of feeding.

Nancy Rumsey, the zoo's koala keeper for the past 10 years, who first noticed that her charges were missing, said Pat was even eating out of her hand -- highly unusual behavior for a creature that ...

They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so abundant they are in danger of eating ...

Conniving Koala Leads Friends Past Security to Eat Thousands of Plants. Published Jun 03, 2024 at 3:05 PM EDT. By . Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK.

Koala inspects plants for 'best bits' to eat A koala at a New South Wales sanctuary made sure it munched on only the tastiest of leaves as it thoroughly inspected the plant it was snacking on.

To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags.

In short, koala moms are the world’s cutest soft-serve machines. Within a few weeks , joeys start to experiment with eating leaves on their own, but will continue to nurse until they’re one ...