by Janine Duffy | May 29, 2022 | News
Pic: Koala Action Gympie Region tree planting Wild Koala Day on May 3 was celebrated with 12 events from Queensland to South Australia, one radio interview (Janine Duffy – Seymour Radio), one petition with 13K signatures from the residents of Esk QLD, emails to...
by Janine Duffy | Apr 29, 2020 | News
by Ali Wunderman, USA Australia’s mascot animal has been through a lot lately. Earlier this year, koalas suffered through bushfires, and now, a pandemic has everyone’s future feeling a little undecided. Koalas deserve a day to be celebrated, which is why Wild Koala...
by Janine Duffy | May 3, 2018 | News
The day a koala joey leaves the pouch, they have to learn to hang on tight. Mother koala spends 99% of her day high in a tree. To get enough gum leaves to feed herself and her baby, she has to climb to the top branches of a new tree every day. She uses all her fingers...
by Janine Duffy | May 1, 2018 | News
Koala joey Kozo is one year old and almost ready to leave her mum, KiKi. For several weeks the pair have been sitting in the same tree, but not together. This is one of the first steps to independence for a koala joey. The bond between mother koala and joey is very...
by Janine Duffy | Apr 25, 2018 | News
Imvula is a young male koala living wild in the You Yangs, near Melbourne Australia. Some weeks back I watched him grooming high in a gum-tree – his balance is so good, he had both his hands raised in the air, one foot scratching his side and his remaining foot...