The Guardian reported that New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is expanding the protected areas in the northeast of the state ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is ...

Cuddly koala bears are adored by people all over the world, even by those who have never seen one in real life. But these animals are not actually bears at all and are facing serious challenges in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is listed ...

Koala deaths on Appin Road are not unusual this time of year, but the fatality of rescued koala Gage is cause for more than the usual frustration and despair.

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — One was a koala. The other was a husky. Both were arguably out of place on a warm August night in subtropical Brisbane, the capital of Queensland in Australia’s northeast.

Koalas might appear to be all cuddly and sleepy, but these star Australian marsupials are full of interesting surprises. Slightly resembling teddy bears, these marsupials are tree-climbing mammals ...

"They really run the risk of becoming extinct inside our lifetime." At work, Morgan Philpott (pictured below) cares for sick children. In his off-hours the Australian pediatric nurse turns his ...