Sydney zoo unveils first baby koala in more than a year

An Australian zoo has unveiled its latest addition, a baby koala. Humphrey the koala joey is the first to be born at Taronga Zoo Sydney in over a year, the zoo said. The 8-month-old joey joined its mother Willow at the zoo's new Encounter Exhibit and was already attempting to eat eucalyptus leaves. Koala joeys usually stay in their mother's pouch for up to six months, before emerging and attaching themselves to their mothers' back. Jones said koalas are now a threatened species. Thousands of koalas died during wildfires in the South Hemisphere last summer and much of their habitat in New South Wales was razed.