Wombat poo has mystified scientists for years. The shy Australian marsupial is unique for being the only animal in the world to produce cubic poo. A team of researchers has finally uncovered exactly ...

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 ...

Of all the poops in the world, only wombats’ are shaped like cubes. The varied elasticity of the wombat’s intestines helps the marsupials to sculpt their scat into cubelike nuggets, instead of the ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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 nature calls, wombats poop out a masterpiece — a pile of cubed-shaped BMs, the only animal known to do so. And now, scientists may finally know how wombats pull off this feat, according to a new ...

If all goes as planned, human feces should emerge in a cylindrical, sausage-like shape. But for wombats, “normal” is much, much different. In humans, lumpy poop in a similar shape means you need more ...

Frustrated when your digestive system has no regard for your need for long, unbroken stretches of sleep? Be grateful you’re not an Australian Wombat. These critters produce up to 100 bowel movements ...

As the children’s book Everyone Poos has taught us, creatures of all shapes and sizes create an array of poops, and they are all natural and okay. Well, maybe except for the wombat’s poop; something ...

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 ...

These stocky, waddling marsupials have baffled researchers for years with their block-shaped turds—but a team of mechanical engineers is now sniffing out the science behind nature’s most deviant ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. The wombat is a marsupial found only in Australia. It is one of the ...