Aug. 22 (UPI) --The Australia Zoo welcomed a new baby koala with rare white fur and are now asking the public for help choosing a name. The rare white koala was one of 12 joeys born to mom Tia and ...

A white baby koala at the Australia Zoo needs a name. The joey’s white fur is rare for the species and it is due to a recessive gene. She is not albino. "In veterinary science it's often ...

The mother and baby are doing very well, officials said. The first koala to be born at Australia’s Melbourne Zoo in more than eight years has just started to peek out from its mother's pouch ...

Queensland’s Australia Zoo has a new occupant – a rare white koala. The zoo’s administration have started a social media campaign asking people to suggest names for the female joey.

The joey is the first baby for 4-year-old female koala Rinny, who has been at Zoo Miami since September 2018, and 8-year-old male koala Milo, who arrived at Zoo Miami in 2016. Zookeepers said that ...

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 ...

— -- A rare koala with two different-colored eyes has stolen the hearts of Australian zookeepers and the internet. The Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital in Queensland announced on their website ...