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Tag: wombat
Wildlife
Helping our northern hairy-nosed wombat back from the brink of extinction
There are only 315 northern hairy-nosed wombats surviving in the wild. Here’s how you can help the world’s most endangered large marsupial.
News
Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole
Just when you thought Australia’s animals couldn’t get any weirder comes the astounding revelation that the ancestors of the platypus and echidnas evolved in Antarctica.
Science & Environment
Inside a wombat dentist appointment
Wombat teeth don’t stop growing, which has posed a problem for this captive wombat who’s been skipping her healthy foods.
News
Hairy-nosed wombat numbers grow to over 300 in Queensland
Conservationists in Queensland are cautiously celebrating after the population of the northern hairy-nosed wombat surpassed 300.
News
Why do wombats have cube-shaped poo? Scientists may have solved the mystery
An international study has shed further light on how wombats produce distinctive cube-shaped poo.
News
Wildlife carers will soon be able to treat mange for wombats
A new online course will offer training for wildlife carers to administer treatment for wombat mange.
News
“Every minute I’m not out looking, a wombat joey dies in its mother’s pouch”: The horrors of wombat roadkill
Wildlife carers driving along rural New South Wales roads are concerned about the rates wombats are dying from road collisions.
News
George the Wombat voted Australia’s most adorable animal
The internet sensation won by a huge margin.
