You might not bat an eye if you found a wombat perched on a tree trump in Australia. But if the tree stump is in the middle of a lake, a team effort (and a boat) will be required to rescue it. A ...

With fewer than 350 northern hairy-nosed wombats left in the wild, International Wombat Day is as much about survival as it is about celebration. When people think of Australia's wildlife, kangaroos ...

Wombats are some of the largest burrowing mammals in the world; they dig in areas of uncovered earth, under the roots of trees or the sides of rocks. Unable to regulate their body temperatures in ...