Koalas have joined the menagerie of creatures with fully deciphered genetic instruction books, or genomes. A large team of researchers published the detailed look at the koala genome online July 2 in ...

A kind Irishman who stopped traffic to help a koala across a busy Australian highway has been praised for the sweet gesture. Will Thornton went viral this week after he was filmed carrying out the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An estimated 350 koalas have died recently in the Australian brushfires, that have also burned more than 4,900 acres of prime koala habitat. In West Palm Beach, there are two ...

An international research consortium with the participation of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) is building the world's largest koala pedigree genomic database. This ...

SAN DIEGO, California -- Quincy the koala bear was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, so a group of experts stepped in to help. After he suffered a series of life-threatening hypoglycemic events ...

A koala-sniffing dog with a California connection is helping animal rescuers track down wildlife that lived through the deadly wildfires that have ravaged Australia in recent months. The dog named ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Researchers are deploying a specially-trained canine to help search for koalas in Australia affected by the country's wildfires. The San Diego Zoo-backed team is using "Smudge," a ...

Patrols had "bearly" started their shift when the little fella was spotted. — -- An adorable koala recently lent a helping hand -- er, paw -- to traffic control officers in southern Australia.