Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many travellers to Australia may be surprised to learn that cuddling koalas is now prohibited in most states. Lukas Coch/AAP/dpa ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is ...

Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a ...

Australia's government announced koalas would be considered officially endangered in the eastern part of the country, as their numbers continue to fall in the wild. The marsupial's conservation status ...