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 ...

In Avonside, east of Jindabyne, thermal drone surveys have revealed a small but significant koala population. The first ...

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 ...

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 ...

Conservation Biology, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jun., 2000), pp. 650-659 (10 pages) A critical issue affecting the long-term management of koalas is their perceived conservation status. Koalas still occur in ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...