When koalas give birth, their babies enter a special pouch similar to the way a kangaroo raises its young. Compared to the ...

Both koalas and wombats are marsupials - meaning at birth babies (called joeys) are not fully developed yet, so mom carries and suckles them in a pouch on her belly (like a kangaroo). Koalas and ...

The female marsupial became the first southern koala to have been born ... Within minutes the baby must find its way into its mother's pouch where it continues to grow and develop.