Koalas look like they belong in a children's book, but spend enough time around one, and you'll realize—they're not exactly peace-loving tree-huggers. Beneath the sleepy eyes and teddy bear vibes is a ...

This weekend, the Palm Beach Zoo is officially unveiling an expanded space for its koalas to roam. But the biggest surprise ...

Koala has released an upgraded, third-generation version of its best-selling sofa bed. The sofa bed converts to a twin XL, full, or queen size bed and features tool-free assembly. New upgrades include ...

Created by Michael Cusack, the animated comedy about an unwanted Aussie superhero is superficially strange but inherently familiar. Despite often being referred to as such, koalas aren’t actually ...

The idea that animal fingerprints could disrupt crime scenes had come up even before koalas' prints came to light. In 1975, London police fingerprinted several chimpanzees from local zoos as part of a ...

Months after catastrophic bushfires burned large parts of Australia, there's a glimmer of good news in the midst of the globe's other current emergency. Koalas are slowly being released back into the ...

Koalas are an endangered species. This was not always the case, as the wild, adorable marsupials were once widespread across the Australian continent. However, over the last two centuries, ...

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 ...

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 in ...