The northern hairy-nosed wombat, once near extinction with only 35 left, has rebounded to 400 due to conservation efforts.

"It’s just a feeling of utter devastation." Town outraged after off-road drivers engage in 'deliberate' and senseless act: ...

Marie Wynan and her husband Ray have been patrolling the forest and marking wombat burrows Forestry Corporation of NSW are burying wombats to death during logging Over 150 burrows were marked but ...

Conservationists say the lessons learnt from the northern hairy-nosed wombat could help save other animals around the globe.

One is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a slow-moving nocturnal digger that loves its underground burrows. The other is the European rabbit, a small and speedy invader that has spread across the ...

One is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a slow-moving nocturnal digger that loves its underground burrows. The other is the European rabbit: a small and speedy invader that has spread across the ...

Mange in wombats is believed to be caused by an introduced parasite — the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. While the exact origins of ...

The ACT Government has updated its environmental planning guidelines to protect wombats from being effectively buried alive ...

To help the wombats, the volunteers rely on two forms of treatment: direct dosage and a self-built flap system. Melina Budden again: “We basically put this in the entry to their burrow ...

It's estimated to be present in about 90 per cent of wombat populations. Being great burrowers, the Australian population is especially vulnerable because burrows provide ideal environments for ...