Australian scientists are using sniffer dogs to rescue koalas struggling to survive damaging bushfires as they try to avoid a repeat of last year's high death count of the native animals.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA / ACCESSWIRE / September 29, 2023 / In a celebration of Save the Koala Day (29 September), the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is delighted to announce the launch of an exclusive ...

“Koala numbers have halved in the past 20 years… We must turn this trend around and instead double the number of east-coast koalas by 2050.” This article is brought to you by Koala. “When dunggiirr ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Warwick. Followed categories will be added to My News. The hero of the story from those deadly fires was a small koala named Sam and now the Southern Downs can ...

Australia has just taken a historic step to protect one of its most beloved animals. For the first time in the world, regulators have approved a vaccine to shield koalas from chlamydia, a bacterial ...

Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park's makeshift animal hospital each day in cat carriers, washing baskets or clinging to wildlife carers. An orphaned baby koala clings ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from National Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. It may also have been a stroke of fortune for Carina, the 18-month-old marsupial, as she was ...

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 ...

The state of New South Wales in Australia (NSW) is to spend A$45m ($34m; £25m) protecting one of its most iconic creatures - the koala. The money will be used to establish forest reserves and build a ...