Koalas have a reputation as one of the dimmest mammals currently living, and given their preferred food source, it's a wonder ...

Koalas might appear to be all cuddly and sleepy, but these star Australian marsupials are full of interesting surprises.

That's what one female koala on the far north coast of New South Wales did after a night of being pursued by a male koala in a hoop pine tree. There she stayed, clinging upside down, for about an ...

Peering into the koala’s genes offers researchers insights into how it survives on its (toxic) diet of eucalyptus, and will help them figure out how to save this endangered cutie. The paper’s ...

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 ...

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal marsupial that has a unique diet consisting almost exclusively of Eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus foliage has been described as an "unpromising ...

The "koala bear" label came from early European settlers ... but pure survival smarts. Their leafy diet is low on energy and tough to digest, so resting helps them stretch every calorie.

But not just any eucalyptus trees: There are about 600 species of eucalyptus, and koalas can be found in just 120 of them, of which only 20 species provide the bulk of the koala diet. And koalas ...

An Australian-led team of scientists has sequenced the complete koala genome The genetic blueprint contains more than 26,000 genes, including a number of novel genes related to their diet and ...

But thanks to a new project that mapped the genome of the cuddly marsupials, scientists say they have new information that might help conserve koala populations. This week, researchers ...

Their diet of choice, eucalyptus ... while wombats remained burrowing herbivores. 5. The koala is the last of its kind. The koala is an extant species; this means it is the only living species ...