BRISBANE, Australia ― The first thing you want to do when you get to Australia is pet a koala. The good news is that flying ...

A koala has been left for dead by a callous driver that struck the marsupial not once but twice in an apparent attempt to finish it off, sparking outrage from horrified locals. Gold Coast resident ...

Bindi Irwin’s Australia Zoo was blessed with the birth of a rare white female koala joey, but it currently doesn’t have a name, and the Zoo wants your help in ...

(CBS NEWS) - 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 ...

A koala was discovered on a rooftop of a suburban home in southwest Sydney, but how the animal got there remains a mystery. The koala was found crawling on the roof of a home at St Helens Park in ...

Australia’s aborigines thought that koalas were reincarnations of their dead babies, never dreamed of harming them. A cuddly, button-nosed little creature with furry ears and an affectionate ...

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now ...

Leonie Helm is a Newsweek Life Reporter and is based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on all things life, from abolishing the monarchy to travel to aesthetic medicine. Leonie joined Newsweek in ...

Australian authorities on Wednesday charged a landowner and two companies with more than 250 counts of animal cruelty over the deaths of dozens of koalas during a clearance operation last year.

As a diehard enthusiast of video games, Ediz Guner has been attentively following the ebbs and flows of the gaming industry for a long period of time. This, coupled with his hobby of extensively ...

Robert Irwin is going straight from his Dancing with the Stars win to movie theaters across the world. The star, 21, makes ...

Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS News and Stations Jennifer Earl is the Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS News and Stations. Jennifer has previously written for outlets ...