Koalas may not be brainiacs by mammal standards, but their compact brains are perfectly tuned to their laid-back lifestyle. Weighing just 19.2 grams, their smooth, no-frills brains take up only ...

Koala mom Adori welcomed a female joey named ... In addition to various predators, the biggest threat to this species are humans hunting and habitat encroachment. If you’re lucky enough to ...

The Minns government’s key environmental promise was the Great Koala National Park. Two years after the election, government ...

Weng underscored the significance of the viral invasion in wild koalas in understanding genome evolution and its broader implications for other mammalian genomes. "For mammals, the most recent ...

Southwestern Sydney's koalas have avoided the chlamydia outbreak threatening the entire species. But their isolation has left them extremely inbred.

Dr Michelle Freeman, Science Policy OfficerThis opinion piece was originally submitted to the Sydney Morning Herald.With the ...

These tree huggers, living primarily on eucalyptus leaves, also have a diet that’s toxic to other mammals. Koalas rely on a specialised digestive system that helps them break down the toxic (and ...