One of Australia's icons is now being considered "functionally extinct," according to experts with the Australia Koala Foundation. The foundation announced that they believe there are no more than ...

Koalas are instantly recognizable icons of Australian wildlife. Unfortunately, they've also become icons of endangerment in the age of climate catastrophe. The IUCN Red List labels koalas as a ...

The construction of new homes in Canberra's north remains on hold after a koala was spotted. Now, a dead koala has been found ...

A study completed last year by The University of Sydney looked at the entire Koala genome – more than 26,000 genes – and ...

Koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales are on track to become extinct in the wild within the next 30 years, according to a report released Tuesday. Bushfires in the region from 2019 to this ...

The Australian Koala Foundation declared koalas officially “functionally extinct,” a term which means that though there are still about 80,000 koalas, they are either unlikely to reproduce another ...

Kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials are even weirder than we give them credit for. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mammals ...

A new vaccine could protect the marsupials from the sexually transmitted disease, which can lead to blindness, infertility and death. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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 ...

Australia's vet regulator approves a koala chlamydia vaccine for nationwide rollout, offering new hope in the fight against the potentially fatal sexually transmitted disease.