Wombats might be the only animals with cube-shaped scats, but there are plenty of other strange bowel movements being performed by Australian animals.

The bare-nosed or common wombat is a marsupial closely related to koalas. Wombats have a stocky build with short, stubby legs and coarse tan, grey, or brown fur. They are the second-largest marsupial ...

Wombats are the only animal in the world known to produce cubic poo. Until a few years ago it was assumed the feces was moulded into a square shape on its way out of the animal, but some robust ...

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The world makes more sense today, thanks to new research detailing the digestive processes responsible for the bare-nosed wombat’s incredible cube-shaped poop. Nature can be so magical. For reasons ...

When Kate McMahon was finishing her science degree she found herself with the odd task of moving wombat poo around, to see how the animals would react. “I’d catch up with my friends and they’d ask, ...

For years, scientists have been wondering why wombat poop is cube-shaped (yes, really). Now, they say they have got to the bottom of the mystery. Bare-nosed wombats, or common wombats, can be found in ...

The wombat lives in lush Australian forests, grazes on grass, and poops cubes. A study published Thursday in the journal Soft Matter explores the intimate mechanics behind those feces. This makes two ...

This scatological discovery is “shaping up” to be big for the animal world! Scientists have unlocked the mystery behind why wombats poop bizarre, cube-shaped pellets, linking it to the animal’s ...