Even koalas need a little air conditioning to cool off. In a Facebook post published Monday, Tim Whitrow said he was checking fruit at the New Alluca Wine vineyard in Australia when he left the door ...

The mention of a koala bear often conjures up an image of an adorable spoon-nosed creature cocking its head to one side while clinging to a tree. Now, scientists have figured out why the iconic ...

More, it turns out, if it can find a nice big tree trunk to hug. Australian researchers have found koalas cope with heatwaves by finding large trees with trunks much cooler than the air. “We found ...

Australia’s cuddly koala rarely drinks water and doesn’t have any sweat glands, long leaving scientists to wonder how it cools off in a heatwave. Zoologists yesterday announced they had uncovered the ...

Staying cool In hot weather koalas seek out and hug the coolest tree trunk they can find, new research has found. According to ecophysiologist, Professor Andrew Krockenberger of James Cook University ...