SHEAS NOB STATE FOREST, Australia — The ecologist drove his weathered pickup truck through thick and shady eucalyptus forest.

STORY: Australia aims to create by 2025, a Great Koala National Park by merging over 1,200 square miles of national park and public forest land in New South Wales. But environmentalists and local ...

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. A close-up photo of a koala.

The koala population in Australia's eastern state of New South Wales is threatened with extinction, environmentalists say Australia's eastern New South Wales state government has imposed a ban on ...

Few animals tug at Australian hearts like the koala. Yet the marsupial, once common along the eastern seaboard, was declared ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nestled in old eucalyptus forests in Australia's New South Wales region, an estimated 15% of the state's dwindling koala population is set to win some protection from as early as ...

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 ...