Koalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source.

That can leave governments and communities facing harder and more expensive decisions later on.

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A hungry koala nicknamed "Claude" has returned to a plant nursery to ...

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 ...

DEAR JOAN: Here is the goofiest hypothetical question you’re likely to get this year. If one placed a koala in a giant blue gum eucalyptus tree, specifically the big one on Schallenberger Road, by the ...

A zoo keeper offers eucalyptus leaves to a Koala joey named 'Boonda' in his enclosure at Wildlife World in Sydney June 28, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Koala bears always make me smile - they're just adorable and I love watching them! But this video of Olaf the koala that ...