This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s two in the morning and a koala is caught in barbed wire on a fence, like a prisoner trying to escape. A phone rings ...

Despite being (possibly) the world's cuddliest creature, the super-sweet koala is also one of the unluckiest animals on the planet. Australia's most famous tree hugger has been ravaged by sexually ...

More than 60 endangered koalas have been discovered living in bushland around a dam in regional New South Wales. Ecologists and landowners are working to ensure the colony continues to thrive.

Koalas only eat leaves and are very shy. They are one of Australia's most loved animals and are a protected species. Find out more about koalas and learn how you can help protect them. Watch our ...

Australia, a land steeped in ancient mysteries, once played host to a cast of colossal creatures. Picture kangaroos standing ...

Clarence is in Port Stephens, on the NSW north coast, to join locals helping rehabilitate injured koalas and restore their habitat. Car strike is a key cause of koala injury. Volunteer Emma Bowen ...

With their fluffy round ears and large, black noses, six koalas arrived in Japan on Oct. 25, 1984, as gifts from Australia. Two each were sent to zoos in Tokyo, Nagoya and Kagoshima as goodwill ...

This hospital is ground zero of a grim chlamydia epidemic which is killing thousands of koalas and making even more sterile, pushing the national icons to the brink of extinction. But it's also at the ...

What makes your system so good at locating koalas? When you or I go out in the bush and look for koalas we see about 20% of them. An expert, looking from the ground, will find about 70%.

In the videos shared by Sara, we can see her playing with and feeding kangaroos and koalas. In one of the videos, we can also see her cuddling and posing with Australian koalas. Sharing the pictur ...