Unlike other koala detection dogs who sniff out koala scat, Bear is able to smell and lead rescuers to live koalas Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Australia-based conservation group has shared footage showing a baby koala reuniting with mom after the “joey” was attacked by ...

Record-breaking bushfires are raging along the eastern and southeastern coast of Australia, burning through prime marsupial habitat and claiming the lives of hundreds of koalas, an already vulnerable ...

Bear was rescued and then went to work for the International Fund for Animal Welfare to help save koalas Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

Principal Environment Officer Peter Milne said while a wild dog attack could not be ruled out, the location and nature of the attack suggested a domestic dog was to blame. Dawn Couchman discovered the ...

"It was quite amazing to see," Steve Lamplough said of his dog's interaction with a koala joey Who knew koalas and dogs could get along so well? A golden retriever and a baby koala forged an unlikely ...

It might sound like a tired trope from a '70s television show, but somehow this koala and dog got trapped at the bottom of an abandoned mineshaft. Yes, these things still really do happen. The mine, ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Taylor, a 4-year-old English springer spaniel, has been among the hard working rescuers during Australia's bushfire crisis. When told: "Koala, Find!", Taylor ventures out into burnt ...