Wombat burrows are extremely large, and it's possible that some animals have found refuge in them during the wildfires in Australia. What's False Wombats are not actively rescuing animals from the ...

Most people have a preferred way of communication—phone, text, email—but bare-nosed wombats have an unusual way of relaying ...

Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an American influencer filmed herself snatching a young joey from its mother, setting ...

Every year on October 22, World Wombat Day is celebrated to honour one of Australia’s most fascinating native animals, the wombat. These sturdy, burrowing marsupials may not be as famous as kangaroos ...

The next stop took the researchers to wombat latrines so they could gather up some poop cubes and figure out their chemical ...

From cube-shaped scat to climate resilience, the wombat illustrates how one species’ quirks can reveal universal truths about ecosystems and adaptation. International Wombat Day may seem like a quirky ...

CLAIM: Wombats in parts of Australia stricken by wildfires are not only allowing other animals to take shelter in their deep burrows, but are actively herding fleeing animals into them. THE FACTS: ...

Scientists suspect that the wombat evolved this unique trait to mark its territory on rocks and logs with poop that won’t easily roll off Ron Knight via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Burrowed beneath ...

Wombats have been spotted helping other animals access water in drought-ravaged regions of Australia. These accidental heroes have been burrowing into an underground pool of water located on a beef ...