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."Koalas are at risk of extinction in the wild in NSW -- that's unthinkable.

The Australian government has come up with a plan for a Great Koala National Park, which they say will help to protect koalas in the wild. The park will be a massive 476,000 hectares in size - that's double the size of England's Lake District.

A much-anticipated Great Koala National Park on the New South Wales Mid North Coast is finally going ahead, the NSW Government has announced.

Australia is known worldwide for its unique wildlife. Travelers will come to the country to experience animals like the koala and kangaroo, which do not exist natively on other continent, in their natural habitats.

Australia's eastern state of New South Wales halted logging in a large stretch of woodland Sunday to create a retreat for koalas.

It seems that bookworms aren’t the only animals that enjoy literature with a koala found browsing the shelves at a Newton library on Tuesday night.