SYDNEY -- As wildfires rage across parts of Australia, people are stepping up to help some of the smallest victims of the flames: the koalas. A dramatic rescue video shows a woman pull a badly burned ...

Koala bears are being shot dead by snipers from helicopters as Australian authorities look to cull the iconic mammals after a wildfire devastated their habitat. Animal activists have expressed their ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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Officials say they made the decision to euthanize hundreds of koalas for the creatures' welfare after a bushfire in Victoria. Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images Authorities in Australia are facing ...

Thanks to the growing support from Toowoomba volunteers, a record number of koala sightings were recorded this November, and ...

Starvation now threatens one of Australia’s few disease-free koala populations due to a lack of habitat, as wildlife rescue volunteers are overwhelmed with calls for help.

Tiger burns in Australia's bushfires? It's a 2012 photo from Indonesia. Young girl rescues koala? Actually an artist's impression. Social media is packed with powerful images of Australia's bushfires ...