Researchers have confirmed that fossilized koalas from Western Australia belong to a distinct species, Phascolarctos ...

Scientists studying Western Australian koala fossils have found the modern koala was not the only koala species in the recent ...

Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, but one died out about ...

In our new study, published today in Royal Society Open Science, we show these WA koalas were not simply stray populations of the modern koala. They represent a distinct species that has been hiding ...

Scientists have identified a distinct extinct koala species from Western Australia, hidden in fossil collections for over a century. Detailed analysis of skulls, teeth, and bones revealed unique ...

SYDNEY, Australia – Koalas are on track to become extinct in New South Wales before 2050, according to a report from the Australian state’s parliament. A committee released the report Tuesday after a ...