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 ...

How The Koala Learned To Hug has been adapted and is performed by Steven Lee from his own book, of the same name and tells the story of a grumpy little koala bear, called Natascha, who learns the ...

What happens when you blow kisses at a baby koala? If you’re lucky, you get tackle-hugged. A cameraman in Symbio Wildlife Park in Australia found himself on the receiving end of the most adorable ...

Using thermal cameras, researchers in Australia uncovered the science behind a habit that seems, well, cute: Koala bears hug trees to cool themselves. It turns out that tree trunks can be up to 12 ...

A video on Reddit of a cute koala climbing onto a woman for a cuddle has attracted more jokes than jealousy. In the video, which has amassed over 50 thousand upvotes, a woman can be seen waiting ...

Here’s your morning squee — an orphaned baby koala hugging a stuffed toy that looks just like him. Shayne, the 9-month-old koala joey, has gone viral after the Australian Zoo Wildlife Hospital posted ...

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How The Koala Learnt To Hug has been adapted from his first collection of short stories which has just been published under the title How The Koala Learnt To Hug and Other Australian Fairytales.