A koala whose rescue from bushfires in Australia went viral last week had to be put down due to the severity of his burn injuries, ABC News reports.

Tiger burns in Australia's bushfires? It's a 2012 photo from Indonesia. Young girl rescues koala? Actually an artist's impression. Social media is packed with powerful images of Australia's ...

What to know about the deadly Australia bushfires and why they're expected to continue for months The death toll from the fires rose to 17 on Wednesday.

As bushfires raged in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park last summer, nearby zookeepers were working to protect their animals.

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service announced "great news" on Thursday – all bush and grass fires have now been contained in the Australian state.

More than 1 billion animals are believed to have died in the fires. SYDNEY -- Among the thousands of firefighters battling the catastrophic Australia bushfires, there have been four-legged furry ...

As fires ravage Australia, the chairman of the Australia Koala Foundation estimates that more than 1,000 koalas have been killed and over 80% of the species' habitat has been destroyed.

Australia is embracing new ways to manage bushfires, with AFAC (the Australian and New Zealand Council for fire and emergency services) and CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, leading the ...

The death toll in Australia's deadliest bushfires reached 200 on Tuesday as police continued to search through ash and rubble of several razed towns in the southern state of Victoria.