They are the name of a popular British band, are native to Australia and are also vegetarians — they’re wombats! As the cuddly creatures and fans that love them celebrate National Wombat Day on ...

October 22 is International Wombat Day, the perfect time to celebrate one of Australia’s most endearing, yet often underappreciated, marsupials. With their chunky bodies, teddy bear faces, and ...

Wombat: A short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupial that is native to Australia. On average, wombats are 3.3 feet long and weigh 55 to 88 pounds. The wombat is the world’s largest burrowing animal ...

Every year on October 22nd, people around the world celebrate Wombat Day. Mostly by, erm, looking at pictures of wombats and saying how adorable they are. And it’s true. Wombats are big cuddly ...

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 ...

Dale Nimmo receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Hermon Slade Foundation, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions the Australian Academy of Science If you’ve ...

The bare-nosed wombat is famous for many things, from its adorable features to its taxonomical membership within the marsupials. Yet one lesser-known, bizarre detail about wombats is that they poop ...