Holding a koala in your arms, feeling its paws on your shoulder and gazing into its cute beady eyes - for many tourists this is a long-cherished dream. But many travellers to Australia may be ...

In Brisbane, Australia, a koala named Peri embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime bus ride Saturday before being released safely ...

Australia’s iconic marsupial is in trouble. The question may just be exactly how bad the country's koala situation has become. Nearly a third of Australia's koalas were wiped out in just the past ...

A bus driver in Brisbane, Australia, spotted a koala darting through traffic on a busy road and brought the animal aboard the ...

MELBOURNE – 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 as ...

More than 1 billion animals are believed to have died in the fires. SYDNEY -- Among the thousands of firefighters battling the catastrophic Australia bushfires, there have been four-legged furry ...

Australia approved and funded a vaccine to protect koalas against chlamydia as part of its repopulation efforts for the endangered species. Koalas used to populate Australia in the millions, but many ...

A koala is going viral for hitching a ride on a Brisbane city bus after its driver rescued it from traffic on a busy road.

Move over kangaroos — koalas are in the spotlight again, and not for the reasons anyone hoped. Recently, news broke that around 700 koalas were culled from helicopters in Victoria, Australia, ...

Koalas are normally found in eucalyptus trees, but one couple came home in Australia on Wednesday and were shocked to find one in their bedroom. “I was scared, happy and excited at the same time,” ...

A new vaccine could protect the marsupials from the sexually transmitted disease, which can lead to blindness, infertility and death. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...