This year's fire season in Australia feels unpredictable. One week brings torrential rain, the next a burst of heat, followed by a sharp cold snap.

Australia’s fire preparedness just got smarter, more colourful and easier to access.

SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...

University of Queensland researchers have completed the first comprehensive studies of recent fire history and koala ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- A new visualization from NASA shows how the smoke plume from the Australian wildfires has traveled across the globe over the past several weeks. The visualization from the Earth ...

Vast expanses of Australia's most populous state are engulfed in wildfires. A state of emergency has been declared. Though these fires are in lightly populated areas, the smoke is blanketing the ...

Correction appended: Oct. 24, 2013, 2:05 a.m. E.T. Wildfires are nothing new in Australia, a sunburned country with plenty of vegetation to burn to a crisp when temperatures skyrocket during the ...

In a grim video posted on Twitter, a man drives into the fire-ravaged town of Batlow in the Australian state of New South Wales. Both sides of the road are covered with ash and lingering smoke.

Iron-laden nutrients in algae were seen thousands of kilometers away. The plane went down while battling wildfires in New South Wales. The tennis star sported the nail art to raise awareness for the ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Many people have already raised money to help fight the devastating wildfires in Australia, and now, there are koalas popping up around New York City to encourage people to ...