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 ...

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 — Perched on a branch in her exhibit at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Lottie looks like just another incredibly cute koala. If visitors look closely, however, they’ll see the arms of a newborn ...

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 ...