Two world-class institutions that call San Diego home have joined forces on an investigation into the DNA of koalas. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and DNA-sequencing giant Illumina are examining ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (NBC News) – thousands of koalas have been killed in the Australian bush fires, and the trees that are their only source of food – eucalyptus trees – are also burning by the thousands.

Koalas are an endangered species. This was not always the case, as the wild, adorable marsupials were once widespread across the Australian continent. However, over the last two centuries, ...