Swinbourne may have brought us one step closer to being able to protect these unique animals. She can now use this technique to understand more about the daily fluctuations in wombats' urinary hormones.
about how and why wombats create cube-shaped feces. Many ideas, some more entertaining than others, have been put forward to explain this, but until this study nobody had ever investigated the cause. This has been a fantastic collaboration which shows the value of interdisciplinary...
The High Roaddemonstrates the modern country star’s ability to push boundaries. Brown reflected, "[I've] always been kind of nervous to push boundaries and do certain things. But I've been here for almost a decade now, so I needed to stop hiding...
"We birthed Baja Beach Fest because we wanted to create an inclusive event for Latinos, specifically young Mexican Americans on the West Coast, and that turned into this movement. It was almost the perfect storm," Den Uijl says. "As the brand has grown, we are now bringing...
The Night Fury's design, known from 'How to Train Your Dragon', was sparked by a black panther screensaver, which influenced its dark color and piercing eyes. Its movements draw inspiration from various animals, such as cats, horses, wombats, kangaroos, bats, snakes, dogs, panthers, and bi...
A long time ago, some animals looked different to the way they look now. Kangaroos had no tails and wombats had high, round heads. Mirram the Kangaroo and Warreen the Wombat were good friends. They lived together in a hut that Warreen had built from tree bark. They liked being with ...
Self-drive holidays through the wide Australian countryside are a delight, but it’s important to take care when driving outside cities to avoid wildlife on the road. Animals such as kangaroos, wombats and koalas are most active at dawn and dusk, and have been known to wander onto roads. ...
Similar to other marsupials like kangaroos and wombats, koalas have pouches to carry their young. The offspring, called ajoey, is about the size of a jellybean when it's born. The joey climbs into its mother's pouch and develops for the next six months. Dependent on its mother's milk ...
Things changed when winter came. The wind became colder at night while Mirram slept outside. At first he didn't mind. He snuggled up to a tree to protect himself, and laughed at the thought of Warreen in his smelly hut. "Wombat would not brave the wind like me" he said to himself...