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

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.

STORY: Australia aims to create by 2025, a Great Koala National Park by merging over 1,200 square miles of national park and public forest land in New South Wales. But environmentalists and local ...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s Greens will demand the end of logging in native forests if upcoming federal elections finish without a clear winner and the party is invited to join the Labor government.

Australia's eastern state of New South Wales halted logging in a large stretch of woodland Sunday to create a retreat for koalas and save the local population from extinction. Without action, it ...

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 ...

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. The New South Wales ...

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 ...

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 ...