EditorialA rescued koala in Adelaide, Australia on Jan. 31, 2018. Koalas, whose populations have declined because of disease and the destruction of their habitat, have been listed as “endangered” in some areas of Australia. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialA wild koala named Skroo at the Endeavour Veterinary Ecology clinic in Toorbul, Australia, June 25, 2020. (Russell Shakespeare/The New York Times)
EditorialSimon Kelly, a farmer, tends to a koala caught in the wildfires on his property on Kangaroo Island in Australia, on Jan. 16, 2020. (Christina Simons/The New York Times)
EditorialSimon Kelly, a farmer, tends to a koala caught in the wildfires on his property on Kangaroo Island in Australia, on Jan. 16, 2020. (Christina Simons/The New York Times)
EditorialA kangaroo stands under a pall of smoke from nearby wildfires at the Raymond Island Koala and Wildlife Shelter in Waterholes, Australia, on Jan. 6, 2020. (Christina Simons/The New York Times)
EditorialA kangaroo that survived the recent fires at the Raymond Island Koala and Wildlife shelter in Waterholes, Australia on Jan. 6, 2020. (Christina Simons/The New York Times)
EditorialA kangaroo that survived the recent fires at the Raymond Island Koala and Wildlife shelter in Waterholes, Australia on Jan. 6, 2020. (Christina Simons/The New York Times)
EditorialA koala and her baby at the Raymond Island Koala and Wildlife shelter on Raymond Island in Australia, Jan. 6, 2020. (Christina Simons/The New York Times)