KANGAROO ISLAND, South Australia -- An Australian man set up an impromptu rescue operation amid the bushfires on Kangaroo Island. Micah Lovegrove was assessing the area where his uncle's house once ...

This ancient kangaroo really knew how to chew the scenery. Sthenurine kangaroos, also called "short-faced" kangaroos, are extinct now. But these marsupials lived in Australia around 42,000 years ago.

HEALESVILLE, Australia – Dindi started to move. The 11.5-year-old koala had started out on a far branch, placidly eating eucalyptus leaves. Suddenly he stopped. He looked over the sea of faces ...

Kangaroo Island koalas have many more, and longer, stretches of identical DNA inherited from both parents. Scientists call these stretches runs of homozygosity, and they are a hallmark of inbreeding.

Nothing smells quite as sweet as a eucalyptus-chewing koala. You can experience that smell yourself at the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia. Just a 90-minute drive from Melbourne — let’s ...

A koala on Kangaroo Island near Adelaide, Australia.Susan Wright—The New York Times/Redux When bushfires ignited Australia’s third largest island during the 2019–2020 season, the blazes devastated a ...

The staff and patrons of a liquor store attached to The Queenscliffe Family Hotel on Kangaroo Island in Australia were in for a shock when a furry customer made its way through the front door. A koala ...