It seems that everyone is trying to get into the Christmas spirit this year — even koalas. An Australian family was in for a big surprise this week when they discovered a koala had wandered into their ...

The Australian government recently declared the koala endangered and announced plans to adopt a long-awaited national recovery plan for the species The koala is now on Australia's list of endangered ...

Created by Michael Cusack, the animated comedy about an unwanted Aussie superhero is superficially strange but inherently familiar. Despite often being referred to as such, koalas aren’t actually ...

Ten-month-old Emerson fixed his big brown eyes on me and yawned. Still groggy from a nap, the koala rubbed his face, then stuck out an expectant paw. The nurse escorting me through his enclosure ...

The koala’s nose is distinctive—it’s a big black leathery rectangle in the middle of a round, grey face that’s surprisingly soft to the touch. And every koala nose is unique. A study of 108 wild ...

Screen grab of a TikTok video that shows an Australian man try to rescue a fussy koala bear from the side of a Southern Queensland road. Storyful Koalas are cute and cuddly, right? Well, yes, they are ...

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now ...