Nature

Cracking the Koala Code

From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science — join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupial

A Koala Roams the Suburbs

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A male koala wanders into the Australian suburbs in search of a mate to produce offspring. Cracking the Koala Code premieres May 16, 2012 at 8/7c (check local listings).

Previews + Extras

  • Preparing for a Eucalyptus Diet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Preparing for a Eucalyptus Diet

    S30 E13 - 1m 47s

    A baby koala consumes his mother's pap, a secretion that will give the joey the bacteria needed to digest eucalyptus leaves. Cracking the Koala Code premieres May 16, 2012 at 8/7c (check local listings).

  • A Battle for Territory: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Battle for Territory

    S30 E13 - 1m 11s

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

  • Education | The Wild Suburban Koala: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Education | The Wild Suburban Koala

    S30 E13 - 8m 23s

    An examination of how koalas have adapted to their new suburban environment, and how that environment is attempting to adapt to them.

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