Every year on October 22, World Wombat Day is celebrated to honour one of Australia’s most fascinating native animals, the wombat. These sturdy, burrowing marsupials may not be as famous as kangaroos ...

On October 22nd, we celebrate the wombat — a short-legged, burrowing furball that’s indigenous to Australia. International Wombat Day has been around since 2005 and was started by a man named Chris ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. The wombat is a marsupial found only in Australia. It is one of the ...

Wombat: A short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupial that is native to Australia. On average, wombats are 3.3 feet long and weigh 55 to 88 pounds. The wombat is the world’s largest burrowing animal ...