Not that this week has been lacking in resilient animal stories, from an unofficial New York City mascot to a train full of rescued dogs, but we could all use another. Meet a koala nicknamed Bear ...

That was the question many motorists were asking on Friday morning as the native marsupial went for a quick jog down the middle of one of Adelaide’s arterial roads. Adelaide Osteopathy osteopath Dr ...

The driver called his time with the koala "a little ray of sunshine in this nightmare." Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

A koala crossing the South-Eastern Freeway caused a six-car pileup on Monday morning – before taking over its rescuer’s car. Crafers West local Nadia Tugwell, who stopped to pick the koala up, said ...

The man helping the heroes, quickly became the hero on a drive through Nerriga, a town in New South Wales affected by Australia’s devastating wildfires. Damian Campbell-Davys, a water tanker driver, ...