For Save the Koala Day, learn how conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson’s work helps protect these iconic marsupials Jack Tamisiea Smithsonian chief scientist Rebecca Johnson snaps a selfie with one ...

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA. More than 130 survey sites in Port Stephens LGA will ...

October 2026 After more than a decade of campaigning, legislation to establish the Great Koala National Park has finally been ...

This week, experts announced that an estimated one billion animals in Australia have died from the wildfires, including thousands of koalas. Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering ...

Hugh Jackman has backed a major Australian wildlife conservation campaign after making a surprise video appearance at the inaugural Koala Gala organised by the Southern Highlands Wildlife ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

In the leadup to his election as Premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns promised the establishment of a Great Koala National Park in the Australian state as part of the Labor government’s agenda to ...

Increased exposure to environmental contaminants is a concern for local koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations where massive transformation or loss of habitat has occurred over the past century as ...

On Tuesday, a year-long New South Wales parliamentary inquiry revealed the state’s koalas are on track for extinction in the wild by 2050, without urgent government intervention. Habitat destruction ...