The thirsty koala gladly drank the bottled water as a heroic firefighter took the time to feed it directly to the displaced animal Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News Editor on the TV team at PEOPLE.

CANBERRA, Australia (WCMH/AP) — The koala that was rescued by a woman who used her shirt to scoop up the injured animal from an Australia brush fire, has died. The viral video showed the 14-year-old ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia (KXAN) — The koala a woman braved brushfire flames to rescue in South Australia has died, the hospital working to treat it confirmed. Ellenborough Lewis was rescued last ...

"We recently posted that 'burns injuries can get worse before they get better,'" the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital said on Facebook. "In Ellenborough Lewis's case, the burns did get worse, and ...

As wildfires continue to rage across parts of Australia, people are stepping up to help the smallest of victims from the flames. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service said Wednesday there are 49 ...

March 20 (UPI) --A firefighter battling wildfires in Australia stopped to offer a drink to a thirsty koala seeking water at the side of the road. A video filmed by Stumpy Carlin on a Victoria road ...

Rescue teams captured a sweetly intimate moment between one firefighter and a displaced koala amid the horrific brushfires in Southern Australia. Pausing from his heroic efforts to stifle the ...