Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After devastating bushfires and habitat loss, Australia is turning its attention to conservation. A huge national park is set to ...

Australia halted logging in a large stretch of woodland on the country's eastern coast Sunday to create a retreat for koalas and save the local population from extinction. The New South Wales ...

SHEAS NOB STATE FOREST, Australia — The ecologist drove his weathered pickup truck through thick and shady eucalyptus forest. But as he reached a ridgeline, the woodland suddenly gave way to a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Labor Party of Australia’s New South Wales state made a 2023 campaign promise to establish a Great Koala National Park to protect the iconic ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The government of New South Wales has created a vast new protected area, the Great Koala National Park, along Australia’s east coast to safeguard ...

Chlamydia has become one of the biggest threats to koalas across mainland Australia. The strain affecting them, Chlamydia pecorum, can cause blindness, infertility, urinary infections, and often death ...

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 ...

It's surprising how easy it is to see a koala every day in Australia's major cities. The cute, gray marsupial can be found on T-shirts, hanging off people's bags and pencils, and decorating any decent ...