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The Koala in the Hat
Oh me. Oh my!! What can I do? My koala bag is torn right through. No worries, mate. Your hat is great. We’ll use it to weigh the baby joey today! So, let’s catch the baby. We won’t say maybe. Put her...
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Koalapalooza: A Joey Is Named
After months of anticipation and careful planning, San Diego Zoo Discovery Days: Koalapalooza finally arrived: These four exciting days were filled with news interviews and keeper talks featuring not...
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Koalas of St. Bees Use Cell Phones
Hello again from St. Bees Island, off the coast of Australia, where it seems the koalas have taken a break from their nightly ritual of bellowing. Not many people actually get to hear a koala bellow in...
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Monkeying Around…with Marsupials!
A wombat investigates a palm roll tunnel.Have you ever seen big plastic toys in polar bear pools? How about mirrors, swings, or other objects with gorillas and monkeys? But what about marsupial...
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Koala Fieldwork: Helping Hands
Bill is studying wild koalas on St. Bees island off the coast of Australia. Read his previous post, Koalas Get High-tech Support. It is not always easy for me to convince people that what we are doing...
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A Koala Kwest, Part 2
A koala on St. Bees Island sits peacefully in a bag while being fitted for a GPS collar. Be sure to read A Koala Kwest (Part 1). Be it the jetlag or the excitement of the adventure (perhaps both), I...
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Koala Joeys Are Here!
Burra and his mom, Tonahleah, get weighed. After months of anticipation, the two koala joeys are out of the pouch and on the move at the San Diego Zoo’s Australian Outback! Like typical young boys,...
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7 Animal Myths You Probably Believed
When it comes to the Animal Kingdom, there’s a lot of misinformation out there, and some of it’s downright ridiculous. It’s difficult to know who to trust and where to go for reliable info. That’s...
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Koala Joey at San Diego Zoo Checks in as Healthy — with an Attitude
A nine-month-old koala joey underwent a routine health check earlier today at the San Diego Zoo. The male joey, yet to be named, was brought down from the perching structure he shared with his mother...
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Have Pouch, Will Travel
One look at a koala’s fuzzy ears and teddy bear-esque physique, and its universal appeal is as plain as the gumdrop nose on its face. Since the early days of Cuddlepie and Snugglepot in the 1920s, the...
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My, What Big Ears You Have!
Unlike that conniving wolf, the ears on these nine animals truly are “all the better to hear you with, my dear.” Besides their gumdrop nose and teddy bear body shape, koalas have highly sensitive ears...
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To the Point
Acupuncture is an ancient healing method. It has been practiced since at least 100 BC and the first acupuncture book was written by 100 AD. The gray koala, fluffy as a toy, pulls fragrant eucalyptus...
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Koala Joey Emerges from Mother’s Pouch
The San Diego Zoo’s Conrad Prebys Australian Outback has a new resident, after koala mom Cambee gave birth to an adorable little joey. The little one was actually born last November, but only recently...
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Looking Up Down Under
In September 2016, three San Diego Zoo Global staff members representing animal care, conservation research, and education traveled to New South Wales, Australia to participate in koala field research:...
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Growing Our Own
The concept of farm-to-table dining takes on a whole new meaning at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park. Thanks to the combined effort of the browse and horticulture teams, animals at both facilities not...
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Koala with Diabetes at San Diego Zoo Receives Help from New Technology
A group of San Diego-based experts came together June 1, 2018 to help a koala with diabetes at the San Diego Zoo. The koala, a male named Quincy, has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The experts,...
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Ending Extinction
San Diego Zoo Global’s vision is to “lead the fight against extinction.” That’s a tall order. It’s an idea that gives one pause, an audacious undertaking with the potential for pitfalls, setbacks,...
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Small but Mighty
Discovering that one of the Zoo’s koalas has a new joey in her pouch is always good news, and the koala team was happy to find out that was the case for female koala Beejay in July 2019. The situation...
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