KOALAS

While koalas are known for their lazy daytime behavior, the koala cams reveal they are anything but lazy at night. The cameras also capture a male bellowing, which is the first time this behavior has been recorded in such close proximity.

Koala: the koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Diprotodontia Family: | Phascolarctidae Genus: | Phascolarctos Species: | cinereus There are two subspecies of koalas: adustus, the northern or Queensland koala, and ...

Scientists are only recently starting to delve into the complexities of koala communication, and how these forms of communication influence the animal's social structure. Dr. Bill Ellis, head of the Koala Ecology Group at The University of Queensland, discusses his research in the field.

A fight erupts between two koalas after one of the males invades the other's territory. Watch a scene from Cracking the Koala Code which premieres May 16, 2012 at 8/7c (check local listings).