Billy was discovered clinging to a tree with four severely singed paws in a backyard in Adelaide Hills, Australia. The distressed male koala, yet another victim of the bushfire crisis, was gently ...

Jeremy the koala received second-degree burns on all four paws as raging fires swept across his habitat, along with more than 30,000 acres of bushland, in South Australia’s Sampson Flat this week. He ...

Bear surrendered his collar in March after a decade of being a very good boy as one of the first dogs in the country to be trained to detect the scent of koala fur. Those skills were critical in ...

The International Fund for Animal Welfare has provided a template for koala mittens for animal lovers to use Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

A bush fire in Adelaide, Australia imperiled humans and animals alike this week. Jeremy, the young male koala pictured here, was the first bushfire victim to pass through the Australian Marine ...

A koala made a full recovery after being treated for burnt paws and was released back into the wild. A photo of him soaked in medical solution was widely shared online. A koala made a full recovery ...

A koala whose paws were burnt in bushfires in Australia has been released back into the wild. The young koala, nicknamed Jeremy, was injured earlier this month and was treated at the Australian Marine ...

After trawling through dozens of applications, the hunt is over: an Australian animal welfare group has found a successor to a hero hound credited with saving more than 100 koalas from fires. Bear ...