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 shape of animal poop isn't something that normally makes science news headlines, but when it comes to wombats, things are a little bit different. Wombats are celebrated poopers due to the fact ...

An unnamed Robert Frost character once said, “Good fences make good neighbors,” and wombats have taken this sentiment to heart. These furry little marsupials, native to Australia, are famous for ...

During the night, the marsupials produce between 80 and 100 cubes. They can drop between four to eight pieces of poo around two centimetres across in a single sitting. In general, wombats use their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A team of scientists claims to have ...

A bold team of scientists has delved into the mystery of cube-shaped wombat poop, uncovering the physiological processes involved in this unique digestive trick. Wombats are kind of obsessed with ...

Wombats are adorable. These wonderful marsupials are native to Australia and it seems all they want in life is some good food and a nice cuddle. Oh, and they also have cubic poo. Which is a fun fact™.

Wombats are a burrowing animal native to Australia perhaps best-known for being, well, pudgy—and quite cute. Recently, you might have seen that these adorable marsupials use their hard butts to defend ...