Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female koala licks water off the smooth trunk of an eucalyptus tree after a rainfall in the You Yangs Regional Park By Will ...

Figures released this week suggest Australia's koala populations have plummeted by 30% in three years, and fewer than 58,000 now remain in the wild. The statement from the Australian Koala Foundation ...

It's a cold, drizzly night in a forest west of Melbourne. I'm sitting on a damp log, clutching a thermos of lukewarm tea and watching a koala snooze on a branch above me. Suddenly, it lifts its head.

A female koala licks water off the smooth trunk of an eucalyptus tree after a rainfall in the You Yangs Regional Park, Little River, Victoria, Australia. Reuters WASHINGTON – Scientists have solved a ...