They're a national treasure, but the fate of Australia's koala population is hanging in the balance as deadly fires continue to rage across the country. The chairman of the Australia Koala Foundation ...

In the midst of a brushfire in Australia, two koalas managed to safely escape with a little help from firefighters. One koala was rescued by a firefighter in the Liverpool area, just west of Sydney, ...

As Australian wildfires endanger the lives of thousands of koalas, one dog is stepping up to save her fellow furry friends. Taylor, a four-year-old English Springer Spaniel, is trained to sniff out ...

KANGAROO ISLAND, South Australia -- An Australian man set up an impromptu rescue operation amid the bushfires on Kangaroo Island. Micah Lovegrove was assessing the area where his uncle's house once ...

Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Australia forcing thousands to evacuate -- and the U.S. Embassy to issue a warning to tourists on the south coast of New South Wales to get out. "It's really ...

Outcry over orphaned joeys after Australia shoots hundreds of koalas from helicopters - Cull in Victoria has killed nearly ...

The dog is called Bear and he made headlines around the world as a master sniffer for injured koalas. Now, at 11, the ...

Update: On Nov. 26, Australian caregivers made the difficult decision to euthanize Lewis the koala. Staff from Port Macquarie Koala Hospital wrote on Facebook that veterinarians there had put Lewis ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Officials in South Australia say there is "catastrophic fire danger" for the state until Monday. The hot and dry conditions have led to several bushfire outbreaks and a severe ...

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 ...