Koalas live in complex social communities where there is a dominant male. Territorial disputes occur (and can be heard at night in suburban areas where koalas may live) when a younger male is trying...
A koala is a marsupial. Marsupial young (called joeys) are born very undeveloped, completely blind, hairless and vulnerable. The joeys crawls by instinct to its mother's pouch, where it latches onto...
The name is believed to come from the Aboriginal word "gula", which means "no drink." Koalas get their water from the leaves they eat, so they don't require fluid sustenance (although they will drink...