The koala was found struggling to escape the fires on the east coast of the country by Toni Doherty, an Australian woman who saw him from her car. She took off her shirt and used it to bundle the ...

Cyclists in South Australia were amazed when a koala, sitting in the middle of the road, approached them and drank from their water bottles.

Is it cruel to cuddle a koala? Sanctuary stops hugs amid debate. Taylor Swift and Pope John Paul II are among those who cuddled koalas at Lone Pine Sanctuary. But the Australia park abandoned the ...

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 19, 2023, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Conceivably Cuter: A 25-Million-Year-Old Koala You Could Cuddle Like a Cat.