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

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 ...

DAVID GRAY/AFP/AFP 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 ...

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 ...

Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales halted logging in a large stretch of woodland Sunday to create a retreat for koalas. The koala population in Australia's eastern state of New South Wales ...

WARBURTON, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the Yarra Ranges, in southeastern Australia, a logging clearcut sits like a scar on the hillside. The largely barren area - a short drive from ...

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.