Unfortunately, eucalyptus habitats critical to koalas are increasingly threatened by wildfires, agriculture, mining, urban expansion, and logging. Since European settlement, more than 80% of the ...

A stock image of a koala. A koala nicknamed Claude has been stealing eucalyptus plants from a nursery in Australia. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS Koalas are some of Australia's most charismatic ...

An adult koala eats a eucalyptus leaf. Joeys can't break down the toxic, fibrous plants on their own yet. Photograph By David Marks/National Geographic When it’s time to feed the kids, koala ...

Koalas almost exclusively eat the leaves of eucalyptus trees. It's a low calorie diet, so koalas snooze up to 22 hours a day, and they experience very little competition for this food source.

Koalas, which are not bears despite a common misconception, spend most of their lives high up in eucalyptus trees. They rely on a diet of eucalyptus leaves, normally consuming around 1.1 to 1.8 ...

What does the koala genome tell us about the taste of eucalyptus? New data provides insight into the marsupial's unique feeding habits Date: July 10, 2018 Source: Kyoto University Summary ...

Koala population distribution may be influenced by eucalyptus leaf toxin and nutrient content, especially in areas with low-quality food options, according to a study published December 3, 2014 in ...

The koala challenges the kangaroo as the most iconic Australian marsupial. It is a very peculiar animal, spectacularly specialized, living in eucalyptus trees and surviving almost entirely on ...

The koala genome also revealed why koalas are such notoriously picky eaters. They are known to consume leaves from just 20 of Australia’s 600 known eucalyptus species.

The simple answer is that koalas do eat blue gum eucalyptus and so theoretically, it could survive in the tree for a time. In reality, there are a lot more issues to consider.

In reality, there are a lot more issues to consider. There are more than 600 species of eucalyptus and the koala eat only from a small portion, about 30 varieties.