'Absolute tragedy': hundreds of koalas feared dead after NSW bushfires

Researchers found only two living koalas after fires burned through the native marsupial's breeding ground in north-eastern NSW

Bushfires sweeping through prime koala habitat in New South Wales may have killed as many as 350 of the iconic native marsupial, conservationists say.

The blaze, near Port Macquarie in northern NSW, has burned through thousands of hectares including an important koala breeding ground.