SYDNEY -- A koala whose rescue from bushfires in Australia went viral last week had to be put down due to the severity of his burn injuries, ABC News reports. The koala, named Lewis, was struggling to ...

SYDNEY -- "You alright, little fella?" Kristen Lucas asked as she bottle feeds a thirsty koala, his signature grey and white coat blackened and burnt, video from Storyful shows. Kristen and her ...

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 ...

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.

Australia's wildfires have burned millions of acres, scorching an area twice the size of Maryland, and killing at least 25 people nationwide. Thousands of firefighters are battling the more than ...

Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Australia forcing thousands to evacuate -- and the U.S. Embassy to issue a warning to tourists on the south coast of New South Wales to get out. "It's really ...

At work, Morgan Philpott cares for sick children. In his off-hours the Australian paediatric nurse turns his attention to an equally defenceless group: unwell koalas.

They're a national treasure, but the fate of Australia's koala population is hanging in the balance as deadly fires continue to rage across the country. The chairman of the Australia Koala Foundation ...