Florida’s governor announces plan to buy 20,000 acres to kill plan to drill for oil in the Everglades wetlands

Wombats are allowing other species to take refuge from the fires in their complex underground tunnels

Taking pity on an octopus who mistook a plastic cup for a suitable home, these divers patiently convinced him a shell was a better option

Nelson’s own brand of weed – “Willie’s Reserve” – supports dozens of small, organic marijuana growers so they can compete against the corporate cannabis cartel

Photographer captures early signs of life re-emerging across fire-ravished landscapes in Australia

Charities have teamed up with the Australian government to drop over 10,000 pounds of food from the sky to feed koalas, kangaroos and wallabies whose habitats have been ravished by the bushfires

Meet the Aboriginal mothers and grandmothers who’ve formed their own volunteer fire brigade to protect their ‘sacred’ land

With hospitals running out of room, and orders to shoot orphaned marsupials, one school is setting up a “tent city” for burned koalas to recover in

This courageous cow broke out of her pen to live free with her wild bison cousins

The Australian bush-fires have united crafters around the world to make koala mittens, kangaroo pouches, bird nests and even bat wraps