The drop bear is a longstanding urban legend in Australia which has often been used to prank tourists. ... American expat brands Australians a bunch of 'liars' - and she's not the first to say it.

Some trace the legend of the drop bear back to a sketch by legendary Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan (best known to foreigners as Crocodile Dundee), on his show “The Paul Hogan Show ...

Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they’ll likely recount a close encounter with this carnivorous, fanged cousin of the Australian koala.

Shortly after my husband started working in Australia, his colleagues warned him about the Drop Bear, a relative of the koala that ambushes humans and other animals by dropping out of trees and ...

Ian Coates of the website Mythocreatology believes Paul Hogan popularised the drop bear myth on The Paul Hogan Show. “What I really like about the drop bear is that it’s something that all Australians ...

Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they’ll likely recount a close encounter with this carnivorous, fanged cousin of the Australian koala.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2020 and has been updated. (CNN) - Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they'll likely recount a close encounter with this ...

The rise of the drop bear. If the Drop Bears had been formed just 20 years later, they might not have had to explain their name so often. In the age of the internet, the myth of the drop bear has ...