But instead, the English Springer Spaniel is using his supercharged sense of smell to sniff out koala scat in a bid to help save the iconic Australian animal. Koalas are native to Australia and in ...

Gaylene Thomas, a wildlife care manager at the San Diego Zoo, oversees two teams that care for a variety of species, ...

Let’s explore some fascinating facts about koalas! Not Actually Bears: Despite their nickname, koalas are marsupials, meaning they carry and nurse their young in a pouch, just like kangaroos and ...

A genetic breakthrough has revealed some koalas have immunity to a deadly virus, offering hope for the species’ survival.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo has announced the birth of a baby koala, the first at the zoo in two years. You can see her now with her mother in their habitat at the San Diego Zoo.

Koalas are facing a crisis in Australia. Since European colonisation, their habitat has been devastated, with approximately 29 million hectares (54 per cent) of forests and woodlands destroyed in ...

By some estimates, their numbers have halved in the last 20 years, due to a number of threats including habitat reduction, disease, drought and fires. When Max discovers koala droppings ...

Among those animals are also some of the zoo’s newest babies: twin sloth bear cubs and two koala joeys. “I see guests with a lot more patience when they’re at the habitat,” Thomas said of ...