The koala is clinging to a chain-link fence, its fur snagged in horizontal strands of barbed wire. Towering eucalyptus trees, as pale as ghosts, rise on the far side of the fence. “He was ...

Each koala needs hundreds of eucalyptus trees to have enough leaves to consume throughout their lives, which in the wild spans approximately 10 to 12 years. “There are too many koalas on the ...

Editor's note: This is part of a series of videos offering an up-close perspective on the animal kingdom. A special 360-degree video camera system was set up in zoos and other facilities to show ...

Hidden in 75-year-old Ash Viola’s macadamia farm is a special crop. Amid a sea of macadamia trees, on a steep and seemingly ...

IN June 2024, the MidCoast Council adopted its MidCoast Koala Strategy with the aim of guiding the conservation and ...

A koala bear lounges in a eucalyptus tree, lazily chewing leaves in a scene as Australian as one can imagine. But then the koala does something unusual: it climbs down the tree to drink water from ...

The Conversation reported that koalas' primary threat is habitat loss, since the creatures' eucalyptus tree forests are being destroyed by pollution, farming, urban development, and deforestation.

“The hill we planted on the farm was so steep it wasn’t suitable for anything else, so someone suggested we put in eucalyptus trees for koalas,” said Mr Viola. The once treeless field on Ash ...