When San Diego native Georgeanne Irvine was a young child, her quaint bedroom was filled with plush animals, including a lion, two teddy bears, a tiger, monkey, an elephant and others. “I made ...

A baby Koala hangs onto the back of its mother while perched in a eucalyptus tree at the San Diego Zoo. Photo: Courtesy of San Diego Wildlife Alliance Snugglepot and Cuddlepie were the first ...

Koalas at Dublin Zoo. Eucalyptus leaves being delivered to the koala exhibit. Koalas with their keepers. Interviews with Vickie Kuder, San Diego Zoo, explaining where the name koala came from.