The northern hairy-nosed wombat is one of three wombat species, all found in Australia. The others are the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and the Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons).

Clarke added, "The Northern hairy-nosed wombat has come perilously close to extinction; in the 1980s the numbers got as low as 35 individuals. For many species there would be no coming back from ...

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 ...

Ecologists in Australia are very excited to see what they say is “rare footage” of a juvenile Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat waddling around a nature refuge in Queensland.

The first, from early June, showed a juvenile northern hairy-nosed wombat, proving that the reserve’s population was successfully rearing young that were progressing to foraging independently.

Ecologists in Australia were thrilled to capture rare footage of a critically endangered juvenile Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat in in south-west Queensland.

It turns out to be related to the shape of their intestinal muscles. There are three species of wombats. One of those, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, is critically endangered.

Common wombats, the species seen in the video, are not considered vulnerable, unlike the southern hairy-nosed wombat, which is “near threatened,” and the northern hairy-nosed wombat, which is ...

Ecologists in Australia were thrilled to capture rare footage of a critically endangered juvenile Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat in in south-west Queensland. Staten Island mother and wanted son ...

It turns out to be related to the shape of their intestinal muscles. There are three species of wombats. One of those, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, is critically endangered.