The next stop took the researchers to wombat latrines so they could gather up some poop cubes and figure out their chemical ...

When nature calls, wombats poop out a masterpiece — a pile of cubed-shaped BMs, the only animal known to do so. And now, scientists may finally know how wombats pull off this feat, according to a new ...

Most people have a preferred way of communication—phone, text, email—but bare-nosed wombats have an unusual way of relaying ...

Scientists at the University of Georgia dropped a new study on how wombats communicate using their square-shaped droppings.

The wombat lives in lush Australian forests, grazes on grass, and poops cubes. A study published Thursday in the journal Soft Matter explores the intimate mechanics behind those feces. This makes two ...

For years, scientists have been wondering why wombat poop is cube-shaped (yes, really). Now, they say they have got to the bottom of the mystery. Bare-nosed wombats, or common wombats, can be found in ...

This scatological discovery is “shaping up” to be big for the animal world! Scientists have unlocked the mystery behind why wombats poop bizarre, cube-shaped pellets, linking it to the animal’s ...

Some exciting, hard-hitting poop news has just come out of Australia: Scientists at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) have figured out how, exactly, wombats make their legendary cube-shaped feces. The ...

The world makes more sense today, thanks to new research detailing the digestive processes responsible for the bare-nosed wombat’s incredible cube-shaped poop. Nature can be so magical. For reasons ...

Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an American influencer filmed herself snatching a young joey from its mother, setting ...

For years, scientists have been wondering why wombat poop is cube-shaped (yes, really). Now, they say they have got to the bottom of the mystery. Bare-nosed wombats, or common wombats, can be found in ...