In the early 1980s, a small group of scientists and conservationists faced a dark realization. The northern hairy-nosed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics, an unlikely hero emerged: an unofficial mascot known as Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat.

Good news stories about the environment are sometimes hard to find. Enter Australia’s northern hairy-nosed wombat, which has stepped back from the edge of extinction. Wombats are being relocated to ...

CLAIM: Wombats in parts of Australia stricken by wildfires are not only allowing other animals to take shelter in their deep burrows, but are actively herding fleeing animals into them. THE FACTS: ...