For Save the Koala Day, learn how conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson’s work helps protect these iconic marsupials Jack Tamisiea Smithsonian chief scientist Rebecca Johnson snaps a selfie with one ...

Known for their fluffy ears, round faces and big black noses, koalas spend most of their time snoozing in the canopies of eucalypt forests. Their penchant for perching high up and moving very little ...

Karen Burke da Silva, a professor of biodiversity and conservation and head of the Koala Conservation Hub at Flinders University, said it was a "huge conservation success".

SAN DIEGO, CA — The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the birth of a koala joey while commemorating a century of koala ...

This browser does not support the video element. The Australian government has declared the koala an endangered species, as habitat loss, drought and brush fires have pushed the population to the edge ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia– Australia is taking the step to permanently protect koalas by creating the Great Koala National Park in New South Wales. The New South Wales government made the park ...

In the leadup to his election as Premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns promised the establishment of a Great Koala National Park in the Australian state as part of the Labor government’s agenda to ...

“Koalas are in steep decline across much of eastern Australia, but in south Australia’s Mount Lofty Ranges, the opposite ...

The animal was born to Ash, who herself was the first koala born after the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She ...