Sleepy joey, originally uploaded by ѕhadowdancer.

Awww, how adorable! This little guy’s name is Omaroo and in this picture he is almost one!

On the branch, originally uploaded by Gus NYC.

by Nate Robert Groschen, USA
People often call me a bear,
While up in the tree I haven’t a care,
Eating the leaves of the Eucalyptus tree,
All the while feeling so free,
When born, but the size of a hummingbird.
Sleeping about eighteen hours a day,
Away from the tree I rarely stray,
I have [...]

koala family, originally uploaded by David G9.

This koala mother is clearly protecting her joeys while they all sleep, family nap. Koala’s are generally creatures that like to be alone but when they have babies, they take care of them for an entire year before sending them off onto their own.

PH-KOA Cameron A-315 KOALA, originally uploaded by spixpix.

Caption reads:
This Koala special shape was the equal largest special shape passenger ride balloon built and had a volume of 315,000 cubic feet. It was built by Cameron balloons in 2001 and is now withdrawn from use. It was seen at Joure, Holland in July 2001.

A Very Relaxed Koala, originally uploaded by ianmichaelthomas.

The caption reads:
The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.
The Koala is found all along the eastern coast of Australia from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, and as far [...]

Koala baby, originally uploaded by Icequeen_in_love.

Awwww…how cute…

Koala, originally uploaded by john white photos.

It seems with all animals suffering from a lack of habitat what we need is some real conservation of land that is just there land; a place where they can not only live but thrive. This simply doesn’t happen often enough, does it?
Well, recently in Australia an agreement was [...]

Koala at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, originally uploaded by whoops vision.

This cute devil knows he takes a good photo! The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is definately worth a visit if you want to see lots of Australia native animals and especially if you are itching to see cute and cuddly koalas!

The albino koala, Lone Pine 1971, originally uploaded by David Stephensen.

I found this photograph on flickr. This is what the photograph posted below the picture in the about section:
A truck driver found this chap on the road and brought him in to the sanctuary. How spectacular he was with his amazing white coat! He seemed [...]

The Koala is one of the few mammals that has fingerprints. In fact, koala fingerprints are remarkably similar to human fingerprints; even with an electron microscope, it can be quite difficult to distinguish between the two.
As shown by Henneberg & als from the Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Adelaide, koalas have very human-like fingerprints. [...]