This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Before Europeans settled Australia more than two centuries ago, about ten million koalas lived in a 1,500-mile-long ...

Red kangaroos thrive in arid grasslands like these in Sturt National Park ... “When tourists come to Australia, they want to hug a kangaroo, hold a koala bear, meet an Aboriginal person.

Normally, koalas get nearly all their water from their food, and researchers have linked this new behavior to climate change. Australia is getting hotter and drier, the eucalyptus leaves are less ...

Koalas are a national icon to Australia, but the marsupials are often hard to identify in their natural habitat. Scientists have launched a national plan that will involve drone and infrared ...

Loggers are "ripping to pieces" forests earmarked to become the Great Koala National Park ... which was a state Labor election promise. The Australia Institute has taken out full page adverts ...