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.

Seven months after her birth, a koala joey has emerged from her mother’s pouch and made her debut to the world. Inala is the first joey born at the Zoo in two years. Video shared by the San ...

The animal was born to Ash, who herself was the first koala born after the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE, as ...