When the little koala, once called Joey, emerged from its mother's pouch for the first time recently, the zoo felt we could all use a little more hope. Hope the koala is offering up a little bit of ...

The Werribee Zoo put the injured baby koala in a tiny cast and started her on an around-the-clock feeding schedule Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

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We've all seen unlikely animal pairings. Nature programs and social media videos have highlighted everything from dogs with deer to tigers with pigs. It's amazing how these four-legged fur babies find ...

A tender moment in a burned out forest in Australia has led to a kind of love story. It started with a YouTube video of a desperate little koala bear taking a drink from a firefighter. After being ...

A little koala joey’s life began in tragedy, but it’s not going to end that way. According to Australia’s Werribee Zoo, the baby koala, now about 7 months old, arrived at the zoo this summer, after ...