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 ...

Unlike kangaroos and koalas, most wombats actually do spend much of their time down under — in burrows that sometimes include up to ten entrances and tunnels up to 325 feet (100 meters) long.

Unlike kangaroos and koalas, most wombats actually do spend much of their time down under — in burrows that sometimes include up to ten entrances and tunnels up to 325 feet (100 meters) long.

By comparing satellite images with surveys conducted on the ground, we figured out we could accurately detect about 82% of wombat warrens from the photos. We weren't quite as good at rabbit ...

There's a special species of wombat in Australia that has gone largely unseen over the past few decades, due in no small part to their dwindling population. But just because there aren't too many ...

An ecologist captured rare footage of a wombat emerging from its burrow. These extremely rare mammals are some of Australia’s hardest to find, as only 400 are left in the world, the Australian ...

A Northern hairy-nosed wombat emerges from a burrow at Richard Underwood Nature Refuge. The juvenile captured on camera is a positive sign that the conditions in the refuge are right for this rare ...

Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, waddles around the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Credit: AP/Susan Montoya Bryan ...