This week, experts announced that an estimated one billion animals in Australia have died from the wildfires, including thousands of koalas. Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering ...

Though the baby koala was born in late May, it only emerged from its mother's pouch this week A baby koala that emerged from its mother’s pouch at a Florida zoo this week has become a welcome symbol ...

There's some good news when it comes to boosting Australia’s declining koala population. The first ever wild koala breeding program has now produced its first joeys. They're being raised in natural ...

In the next few weeks, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley will decide whether to approve a New South Wales quarry expansion that will destroy critical koala breeding grounds. The case, involving ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (NBC News) – thousands of koalas have been killed in the Australian bush fires, and the trees that are their only source of food – eucalyptus trees – are also burning by the thousands.

He’s a Southern boy; she’s a surfer girl. Keepers at the Palm Beach Zoo are sure hoping opposites attract as they launch a koala breeding program with the arrival of Abby, a 1-year-old koala from Los ...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (WIS/NBC News) — With at least an eighth of the koala population already killed in the Australian wildfires, re-population for that already vulnerable species will take the ...

The recent study, published by researchers from prominent universities and wildlife societies across the country, says the process of freezing the animal’s sex cells could help improve genetic ...