Koalas are a nationally endangered and iconic species in Australia, yet their populations are rapidly declining due to ...

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that koalas are on the verge of extinction? What is being done to help this species survive? – May Jenkins, Chicago, IL.

For most of the day and night, koalas barely move. They nap curled into tree forks, or chew carefree on eucalyptus leaves.

A NSW Government Koala Translocation project, claimed to promote genetic diversity in south-east NSW has gone horribly wrong with 13 koalas ...

Some researchers believe that koalas are now functionally extinct in the wild. Recent years have been especially rough, as koalas suffered greatly from the 2022 Australian wildfires .

The Endangered, Adaptable Koala. Severe loss of habitat threatens some populations of the tree-dwelling marsupials, yet others are thriving. Understanding why provides clues to their resilience. By .

Since the late 1800s, koala numbers have declined dramatically, but it is not only their numbers that are disappearing. A recent analysis has shown that the variation of genes within koalas has ...

More than half of the koalas moved from their natural habitat as part of a State Government reintroduction program have died.

Australia’s iconic koalas face extinction as urban development disrupts habitats The Daily Express joined conservationists at an animal hospital in the Sydney Basin to learn about the threats ...

But koalas aren’t moving closer to people—people are moving into koala habitats. The “secret” population, as it’s described in a statement, has probably been there all along. “They’re existing ...

The koala is predicted to be extinct in the wild in New South Wales by 2050, with some of the biggest threats being wildfires, habitat loss though logging and land clearing for development.

New research reveals that koalas only spend around 10 minutes per day on the ground, but this ground-time is associated with ...