A hiker was hiking in Tasmania when, to her delight, a baby wombat approached. It didn’t just approach her. He started rubbing himself against her hiking poles as if he were twerking. He stood there ...

While Tasmanians might be keen to burrow down to unwrap presents and eat a festive lunch in the comforts of their home this ...

Tasmanian researchers have played a key role in bringing a breakthrough treatment to save wombats from a devastating disease. Here’s how they did it>>> In an Australian first, a long-lasting flea ...

New research is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian wombats could eventually be brought under control for wild individuals and populations. New research from the University ...

Tasmania is offering a range of “odd” jobs to visitors this winter in a bid to boost their winter tourism. The jobs on offer include ten unique vacancies, including an oyster organiser, paranormal ...

This wombat wandered down to the stream, tripping AG reader Heath Holden’s camera trap. AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC READER HEATH Holden set a camera up at a stream in north-west Tasmania, and was rewarded ...

New research from the University of Tasmania is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian wombats could eventually be brought under control for wild individuals and populations.

New answers have been uncovered in the fight against bare-nosed wombat sarcoptic mange, thanks to the latest research by the University of Tasmania. The findings published today (18 April 2018) in the ...

Three Tasmanian wombats are now residents of the ABQ BioPark Zoo after they arrived on Dec. 3.The three are the only Tasmanian wombats in North America."We have worked very hard for a number of years ...

A wombat, known locally as Mr Bat, has been captured and moved to Cradle Mountain about 100 kilometres from the town of Longford, where it had been eating lawns and damaging paint jobs in between days ...