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 ...

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 ...

Officials in Australia have placed koalas on the endangered species list, bumping them up from their previous vulnerable status, according to a statement from Sussan Ley, minister for the environment.

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

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 ...

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.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- 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 ...

BRISBANE, Australia ― The first thing you want to do when you get to Australia is pet a koala. The good news is that flying into Brisbane allows you to do it almost the moment you step off the plane.