Manatees: The Gentle Giants of Waterways The manatee (Trichechus) is an herbivore that is not aggressive and doesn't prey on ...

Koalas are instantly recognizable icons of Australian wildlife. Unfortunately, they've also become icons of endangerment in the age of climate catastrophe. The IUCN Red List labels koalas as a ...

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 ...

Government officials have declared koalas endangered across much of eastern Australia, citing the impacts of drought, bush fires and habitat loss on the country's dwindling marsupial population. But ...

Kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials are even weirder than we give them credit for. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mammals ...

A new vaccine could protect the marsupials from the sexually transmitted disease, which can lead to blindness, infertility and death. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales are on track to become extinct in the wild within the next 30 years, according to a report released Tuesday. Bushfires in the region from 2019 to this ...

Australia's iconic koala is not a dwarf and the finding has major implications for theories on what happened to the continent's prehistoric megafauna, a Queensland palaeontologist says. Dr Gilbert ...

The construction of new homes in Canberra's north remains on hold after a koala was spotted. Now, a dead koala has been found ...

While wildfires in Australia have destroyed homes and claimed lives, they are also taking a toll on the country's ecosystem, possibly wiping out entire species of plants and animals. The University of ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Some of the same species of koalas suffering from the wildfires in Australia can be found right here in West Palm Beach. For months, bushfires have destroyed must of ...