At a glance, koalas and sloths seem oddly alike. Both spend much of their lives in trees, move at an unhurried pace and sleep ...

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA. More than 130 survey sites in Port Stephens LGA will ...

Bindi Irwin’s Australia Zoo was blessed with the birth of a rare white female koala joey, but it currently doesn’t have a name, and the Zoo wants your help in ...

Scientists hope the biobank will help reduce chlamydia infections in future koala populations, and act as a safety net for ...

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Australia Zoo’s rescue team came across something incredible when they were out doing their jobs. What originally looked like an injured koala turned out to be a rare specimen with two ...

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This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now ...

Dogs who have been trained to find and save koalas in the wild are helping to rescue the animals in Australia’s devastating bushfires. Bear, a border collie-koolie cross, is a detection dog who sniffs ...