Koalas look like they belong in a children's book, but spend enough time around one, and you'll realize—they're not exactly ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s two in the morning and a koala is caught in barbed wire on a fence, like a prisoner trying to escape. A phone rings ...

Expecting to see “a crook in the act”, the cops were surprised to find a koala “peering up at them from a dog bed". Read more ...

While cuddly in appearance ... Activists hope this could be a signal of a broader shift in Queensland, where koala holding remains popular at many attractions. Lone Pine will launch a new ...

It wouldn't be a visit to Australia without some good animal pictures: this time the G20 leaders were cajoled into cuddling some koalas ... leader looks best with a koala.