Powerful technology that efficiently detects and accurately predicts eucalyptus tree species favored by koalas could help ...

Koalas have long captured people's hearts and minds thanks to their cuddly features and seemingly relaxed demeanor. Now, in a collaborative study by the Koala Genome Consortium -- involving 54 ...

A gardener growing eucalyptus seedlings for koala habitats has found his plants being eaten by a single greedy one. Nicknamed "Claude" for his sharp claws, this thieving koala is thought to have eaten ...

Koalas are herbivores (specifically browsing folivores) and feed almost exclusively on the leaves of the eucalyptus plant (gum trees). Sometimes, they will also eat the soft stems, flowers, and ...

An adult koala eats a eucalyptus leaf. Joeys can't break down the toxic, fibrous plants on their own yet. Photograph By David Marks/National Geographic When it’s time to feed the kids, koala moms do ...

A hungry koala nicknamed "Claude" has returned to a plant nursery to rob them of their delicious vegetation and brought some friends of his along. Claude was busted last year for munching his way ...

Sequencing of the koala genome has revealed some interesting qualities about these marsupials on their sense of taste. They have more bitter taste receptor genes than any other Australian marsupial, ...