Update: On Nov. 26, Australian caregivers made the difficult decision to euthanize Lewis the koala. Staff from Port Macquarie Koala Hospital wrote on Facebook that veterinarians there had put Lewis ...

SYDNEY -- 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. The koala, named Lewis, was struggling to ...

SYDNEY -- As wildfires rage across parts of Australia, people are stepping up to help some of the smallest victims of the flames: the koalas. A dramatic rescue video shows a woman pull a badly burned ...

Koala Rescue Brisbane South said the animal had been earlier spotted dodging traffic on a nearby road before it climbed onto an outdoor light pole. A bus driver then retrieved the animal, moved it ...