Jimmy and his mom Poa celebrated the wombat's birthday with a veggie plate and presents Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Yogi lost his mother when she was run over by a car in Australia Wombats usually stay sheltered inside their mothers’ pouches until they weigh 6 lbs., but this little wombat, named Yogi, was found ...

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Things we miss out on by not having emigrated Down Under: wild kangaroos in our airports, getting to throw shrimp on the barbie and watching domesticated wombats run headlong into screen doors before ...

An "adorable" video of a young girl feeding and tickling a baby wombat has captured the hearts of many online, however the "wholesome content" has been deemed wildly dangerous by one prominent wombat ...

Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti's had a major obsession with wombats. He had one as a pet named "Top" that ran around outside of his home. Wombats became a focal point of his artwork, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from VIC News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Blacky the Labrador was playing on his owner’s 10-acre property in Emerald in the Dandenong Ranges, when he ...

When Anzac, an orphaned 5-month-old kangaroo, was found in the Macedon Ranges north of Melbourne, Australia, rescuers thought he looked a little lonely. Anzac's mother had been hit by a car. Thanks to ...

Wombat noses and whiskers don’t just make them adorable. Both are unique sensory organs essential for navigation, foraging ...