The humble NSW koala has led to local Liberal MP Catherine Cusack crossing the floor, and serious internal disputes between the NSW Liberal and National Party over land and koala management policy, with the koala wars a particular flash point in 2020.

Northern Rivers residents are being invited to help shape a new NSW koala conservation strategy, with specific local actions and investment priorities to be detailed in a separate implementation plan.

Byron Shire Council has acknowledged that some of its current measures to protect wildlife from vehicle strikes have limited effectiveness, while funding has yet to be secured for seasonal electronic warning signs on several key koala routes.

The North East Forest Alliance says it's outrageous that yesterday the Forestry Corporation began logging the homes of another source koala population in the proposed Richmond River Koala Parks.

Some of Byron Bay’s most photographed residents are getting a little more room to move, with more than 2,000 trees planted to create new habitat for koalas living around The Pass.

In what’s been hailed as a massive breakthrough, a chlamydia vaccine implant has been administered to a wild koala for the first time, with calls for a wider vaccination roll out.

Five hundred clay koalas handmade by children are keeping the lone goat company at Byron’s flagship gallery this Easter.

Environmental activists say they’ve temporarily stopped logging in Cherry Tree state forest near Casino today by locking onto machinery.

World Wildlife Day this year saw two very welcome donations from Murwillumbah-based volunteer environmental group Team Koala, the product of months of fundraising, to worthy local wildlife organisations.

If you think it's been a tough year to be a human, consider our fellow earthlings for a moment.