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 ...

This week, experts announced that an estimated one billion animals in Australia have died from the wildfires, including thousands of koalas. As the koala population in Australia continues to be ...

Public consultation is open for a new conservation strategy to secure the future of South East Queensland’s koalas.

Christine Adams-Hosking has received funding from the University of Queensland, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and the Australian Koala Foundation. She is affiliated with the ...

Conservation Biology, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jun., 2000), pp. 669-680 (12 pages) Identifying and conserving faunal habitat on private lands has been conducted largely on a site-by-site basis as development ...

A new South East Queensland koala strategy will focus on protecting habitat and fighting disease to secure the future of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Kemp claims koala conservation is driven by political calculation, emotion and ideology rather than science with a researcher “gagged” for showing logging is little danger to the marsupial.

Hundreds of koalas may have perished in an out-of-control wildfire that's ripped through a prime habitat on Australia's east coast. The blaze broke out Friday in a forest in New South Wales state, ...

Pets give some of the greatest greetings their family and friends will ever receive—seeing a dog jumping for joy to see their favorite person will never get old—but the same can't be said for other ...