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 ...

Enveloped by rainforest on Queensland's Gold Coast, the park is full of koalas like this. Outside the clinic, in a "Koala ...

Koalas are cute, man! They're like the teddy bears of the animal kingdom. Their abnormally large nose that looks like it ...

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

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 ...

Koalas are barrelling towards extinction but vaccine efforts to save them are running out of time and cash. Advocates say the practice is "cruel" to koalas and are pushing for it to be outlawed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thermal drone imagery has revealed a high-density koala population near a dam on the New South Wales mid-north coast. The population is considered one of the most significant in NSW. Underneath a ...

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 ...