Patrols had "bearly" started their shift when the little fella was spotted. — -- An adorable koala recently lent a helping hand -- er, paw -- to traffic control officers in southern Australia.

A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and ...

KOALA RESCUE: This koala in a tree in Cudlee Creek, Australia needed help on Thursday. Two people from a rescue group said the koala's paws were burned in a fire and needed treatment. The volunteers ...

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. Her ...

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 ...

"Koalas sew need you," the International Fund for Animal Welfare says. — -- Koalas injured in a bushfire in Australia are healing with the help of paw protectors and some tender loving care. A ...

If you tell the Etsy-loving people of the internet that injured koalas need little mittens to help their burned paws heal, your request for gloves will apparently be ...