Scores of famous faces have been snapped holding koalas in Australia over the years but the practice is falling out of favour Celebrities, politicians and untold thousands of tourists have done it for ...

Why do koalas spend almost the whole day asleep? The answer lies in the leaves they eat, the trees they live in and the way ...

Chlamydia is never pleasant, but for koalas, the disease can turn deadly. So Australian researchers have started vaccinating the endangered animal. Among humans, chlamydia is the most common sexually ...

“It’s killing koalas because they become so sick they can’t climb trees to get food, or escape predators, and females can become infertile” Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas to ...

There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam ...

When Paul was handed to Barbara Barrett in a washing basket to take home last November, he was given a slim chance of survival. He lay curled up in a ball on old towels, burnt, traumatised and barely ...

Every child loves a teddy bear. Well, what animal do you think looks like a teddy bear? You guessed it — koalas. They look so much like living teddy bears that many people actually call them koala ...

Scientists hope the biobank will help reduce chlamydia infections in future koala populations, and act as a safety net for ...

Ouwehands Dierenpark has become the first zoo in The Netherlands to showcase koalas with negotiations underway to source more from Australia. CEO of Ouwehands Dierenpark Zoo, Robin de Lange (left), ...

As of Monday, the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary no longer offers visitors the opportunity to cuddle a koala but will instead give people more time in the koala sanctuary to build a connection with the ...

CRUELTY and puppy farms are issues that grab headlines but experts say there’s an animal welfare crisis being ignored — and it may wipe out the koala. While issues like cruelty and puppy farming ...