SYDNEY -- As wildfires rage across parts of Australia, people are stepping up to help some of the smallest victims of the flames: the koalas. A dramatic rescue video shows a woman pull a badly burned ...

The hospital, run by Adelaide Koala Rescue, is caring for over 100 koalas affected by the fires Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Ten-month-old Emerson fixed his big brown eyes on me and yawned. Still groggy from a nap, the koala rubbed his face, then stuck out an expectant paw. The nurse escorting me through his enclosure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lewis the Koala captured people's hearts after being rescued from a raging Australian bushfire. But the Port Macquarie Koala ...

An Australian hospital has been touched by all the generous support they’ve received to help koalas that have been affected by the bushfires in South Wales, Australia. Last month, the Port Macquarie ...

Update: On Nov. 26, Australian caregivers made the difficult decision to euthanize Lewis the koala. Staff from Port Macquarie Koala Hospital wrote on Facebook that veterinarians there had put Lewis ...

SYDNEY -- A koala whose rescue from bushfires in Australia went viral last week had to be put down due to the severity of his burn injuries, ABC News reports. The koala, named Lewis, was struggling to ...

Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park's makeshift animal hospital each day in cat carriers, washing baskets or clinging to wildlife carers. FIEL - In this image made ...

A school gym at Paradise Primary School in Adelaide, Australia, has turned into a make-shift koala hospital, where foldable playpens serve as hopsital beds. The animals are separated into different ...