The baby koala will stay close to mom for the next year, at which point it will be big enough to climb trees solo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Depleted mother syndrome can occur ... If you choose to practice koala parenting with your little one, you might implement some of the “baby Bs” listed above. We've also rounded up more ...

“I ran, not to rip the joey away from its mother, but from fear she might attack me.” In the since-deleted video captured by 10 News First, Jones picks up a baby wombat on the side of a road ...

A rescued koala joey decided that playing was a better use of her time than receiving her late-night formula feed in southern ...

There have been calls for a hunting influencer to be deported after footage went viral of her taking a distressed baby wombat away from its mother for a photo opportunity. It was posted by ...

“Most baby animals, as with baby people ... but only one of them has been formally announced. Koala mom Adori welcomed a female joey named Inala who started poking out of her pouch in February.

US influencer Samantha Strable, who disgusted Australians by separating a baby wombat from its mother for a video, has left the country. @samstrays_somewhere/Instagram An American influencer high ...

Social media users have urged authorities to ban Sam Jones from Australia after she picked a wild wombat baby and temporarily removed it from its mother. A US influencer is facing backlash on ...