“It’s a nervous wombat and a happy echidna,” says Tim Flannery, a biologist with the Australian Museum in Sydney, to New ...

Aussies divided over ethics of holding animals Some ... surfers in Australia after travelling 2,100 MILES from its home in Antarctica Footage of an Aussie cuddling a wombat at a wildlife park ...

Australia is home to some of the most rare animals in the world, with nearly 80% of plants, mammals, reptiles, and frogs ...

A six-month-old wombat has been given a second chance at Locky’s Legacy wildlife shelter after he was found alive inside his dead mother’s pouch. Elton Emmet will kick back at Locky’s Legacy ...

Koalas, wombats and other native Australian animals occupy a vaunted place in the national identity and play a critical role in the tourism industry. But these species are increasingly under ...

IKEDA, Osaka Prefecture—A marsupial from Australia kept at the Ikeda city-run Satsukiyama Zoo was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest wombat ever in captivity. Wain celebrated his ...