Less than a decade ago, the number of koalas on Kangaroo Island was so high they were being sterilised in large numbers in an attempt to bring the population under control. Koala populations in ...

According to a press release from the Australian Reptile Park, the two first established contact when Ash the koala climbed down from her perch to introduce herself to Frankie the kangaroo---and the ...

HEALESVILLE, Australia – Dindi started to move. The 11.5-year-old koala had started out on a far branch, placidly eating eucalyptus leaves. Suddenly he stopped. He looked over the sea of faces ...

Kangaroo Island koalas show longer and more frequent stretches of identical DNA inherited from both parents. Scientists call these runs of homozygosity, a clear marker of inbreeding. (Image: Flinders ...