A hiker was hiking in Tasmania when, to her delight, a baby wombat approached. It didn’t just approach her. He started rubbing himself against her hiking poles as if he were twerking. He stood there ...

We all love watching baby animals and they always seem to have endless amounts of energy to run and play. Take this baby wombat as an example. Animals of Tasmania shared a video in mid-June of a baby ...

Wombats might be the only animals with cube-shaped scats, but there are plenty of other strange bowel movements being performed by Australian animals.

A couple visiting a beach in Tasmania saw a wombat wading into water to forage, an “unusual” behavior that baffled experts, a video shows. Screengrabs from a Facebook video shared by the Wombat ...

A SHED in a quiet street is the hub of a citizen-led wildlife rescue mission as the wombat fights for its survival against a cruel killer. Inside the shed, hundreds of burrow-flaps are being ...

TASMANIA’S wombats have been given a lifeline from the State Government as grassroots work to save the species from sarcoptic mange continues. Environment Minister Matthew Groom yesterday announced ...

Studying wombat burrows has long been a challenge for scientists, says Scott Carver, a disease ecologist at the University of Tasmania. They’re too small for adult humans to crawl into, so many ...

Wombats are the only animals that produce cube-shaped droppings. Scientists have discovered this unique trait is due to the wombat's intestine. The final section of their intestine has varying ...

“It’s a bit warm for the wombats, mate,” an Aussie hiker lamented when we crossed paths at a coastal headland on Maria Island, a wild and mountainous speck in Australia’s southernmost state, Tasmania.