A young northern hairy-nosed wombat was filmed at an Australian refuge, signalling progress in species recovery efforts.

"One of Australia's rarest mammals" was caught in camera after an ecologist sifted over 100 hours of wildlife footage.

The northern hairy-nosed wombat rebounded from just 35 individuals in the 1980s to over 400 today, thanks to intensive conservation, predator-proof fencing, and habitat management. Relying on a single ...

During Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, wombats made headlines as much as the firefighters. In fact, multiple wombats were observed supposedly herding other animals into their own burrows ...

Good news stories about the environment are sometimes hard to find. Enter Australia’s northern hairy-nosed wombat, which has stepped back from the edge of extinction. Wombats are being relocated to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) is, as ...