QUEENSLAND, Australia -- Two koalas, who have taken the Internet by storm, are now back in the wild. Lizzy, a female koala, was struck by a car last month. Her joey, Phantom, was still in her pouch.

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 ...

(CBS) A 9-month-old koala named Shayne had a rough start in life. The young cub was forced to fend for himself after his mother was hit by a car. Rescuers found the furry little creature alone on 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 single-dose vaccine to prevent chlamydia outbreak among koalas has been approved by the Australian government. Following over a decade of research, scientists from Australia’s University of the ...