Officials in Australia have placed koalas on the endangered species list, bumping them up from their previous vulnerable status, according to a statement from Sussan Ley, minister for the environment.

There are two subspecies of koalas: adustus, the northern or Queensland koala, and victor, the southern koala. Koalas are known for their teddy bear-like appearance. They are often referred to as ...

The word "koala" is thought to originate from one of the Australian Aboriginal languages, Dharug, which roughly translates to ‘no drink’ or ‘no water’. And this might explain why. In the Australian ...

SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - More than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in Australian bushfires last summer, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has estimated, in what it called a deeply ...

Dec. 7 (UPI) --Bushfires in Australia negatively affected billions of animals, including more than 60,000 Koalas, according to a new report on the devastation caused by the 2019-2020 fire "season of ...

Yanchep National Park in Western Australia is celebrating a "first in 15 years" event after the surprise birth of an adorable baby koala. The park's staff were overjoyed when Miffy and Louie, two ...

14:23, Tue, Sep 23, 2025 Updated: 14:25, Tue, Sep 23, 2025 Yanchep National Park in Western Australia is celebrating a "first in 15 years" event after the surprise birth of an adorable baby koala. The ...