Towering eucalyptus trees ... “Ruby still sleeps in the basket hugging her teddy bear,” she says. The baby koala is cocooned in a cane picnic basket like an infant in a bassinet.

There’s no other koala. There’s no other marsupial that eats only eucalyptus. And speaking of eucalyptus, in Ohio, we have to get it flown in twice a week from two different states.” ...

A koala bear lounges in a eucalyptus tree, lazily chewing leaves in a scene as Australian as one can imagine. But then the koala does something unusual: it climbs down the tree to drink water from ...

Only about 10% of all eucalypts are edible for koalas. The favoured species depend on location; at Port Stephens the preferred species are Eucalyptus robusta and Eucalyptus tereticornis but koalas ...

Then perhaps a pesky possum. The last thing he expected was to walk into work one day and find a "cheeky" koala, dazed and too stuffed to move, surrounded by stripped eucalypt plants. "He looked ...

Editor's note: This is part of a series of videos offering an up-close perspective on the animal kingdom. A special 360-degree video camera system was set up in zoos and other facilities to show ...

Scientists warn that climate change will also exacerbate bushfires and drought, and reduce the quality of the animal's eucalyptus leaf diet. Koalas are also found in South Australia and Victoria ...

Crates containing koalas being loaded onto truck. Koalas at Dublin Zoo. Eucalyptus leaves being delivered to the koala exhibit. Koalas with their keepers. Interviews with Vickie Kuder, San Diego ...