They're a national treasure, but the fate of Australia's koala population is hanging in the balance as deadly fires continue to rage across the country. The chairman of the Australia Koala Foundation ...

ORINDA, Calif. (KGO) -- Jazz lovers were serenaded by Bay Area musicians in a benefit for the "Australian Koala Foundation" last week in Orinda. Tens of thousands of animals died in the bushfires.

In the midst of a brushfire in Australia, two koalas managed to safely escape with a little help from firefighters. One koala was rescued by a firefighter in the Liverpool area, just west of Sydney, ...

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 ...

Australia's wildfires have burned millions of acres, scorching an area twice the size of Maryland, and killing at least 25 people nationwide. Thousands of firefighters are battling the more than ...

As Australian wildfires endanger the lives of thousands of koalas, one dog is stepping up to save her fellow furry friends. Taylor, a four-year-old English Springer Spaniel, is trained to sniff out ...

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 ...

SYDNEY -- "You alright, little fella?" Kristen Lucas asked as she bottle feeds a thirsty koala, his signature grey and white coat blackened and burnt, video from Storyful shows. Kristen and her ...

"They really run the risk of becoming extinct inside our lifetime." At work, Morgan Philpott (pictured below) cares for sick children. In his off-hours the Australian pediatric nurse turns his ...