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Simon Davies, 69, groomed vulnerable boys in Sydney's Kings Cross during the 1980s and was released from custody on Tuesday ...

Sugar gliders are small nocturnal marsupials that move through forests using controlled glides rather than powered flight. A ...

For 24 hours, we are trapped on one of Australia's most dangerous islands, where kangaroos outnumber humans 15 to 1. This adventure includes encounters with predator birds, numerous koalas, and seals ...

Tage Thompson and Jason Zucker scored less than two minutes apart in the second period and the Buffalo Sabres held on to win ...

If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a "koala paradox": endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically ...

“Just keep looking up,” our guide instructs us as we start walking through a small tree-dotted park near the ferry terminal on Raymond Island. “Koalas are everywhere.” It sounds too good to be true, ...

A rapid koala rebound in southeastern Australia is also boosting their genetic variation, showing one way out of an extinction death spiral. After nearly disappearing from the region over a century ...

Without interrupting their busy sleep schedule, Australia’s cute, if cantankerous, koalas have turned a truism of genetics on its head. In short, the proliferation of certain koala populations shows ...

A new study published in Science is challenging long-held assumptions about how we measure genetic risk in endangered species. Researchers analyzed whole genomes from hundreds of koalas, finding that ...

Koalas, renowned for being tree-dwelling, leaf-munching marsupials, can be found primarily in eucalyptus forests in the eastern and southeastern coasts of Australia. Koalas spend most of their time ...

Koalas have built a reputation as low-key animals. While other species compete for territory or put on elaborate courtship displays, koalas often seem to call it a day and go back to sleep instead.