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 ...

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 ...

Wombat is seen at Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Scientists have been trying to understand why a wombat’s defecation is a cube. iStock.com Of all the adaptations that allow our animal ...

A team of scientists claims to have unraveled one of the animal kingdom’s more peculiar mysteries: why wombat poop is cube-shaped. The wombat, native to Australia, produces about 80 to 100 cubes of ...

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 ...

While many people may not realize it, wombats poop in cubes and scientists have figured out how they accomplish this unusual feat. According to a report from Gizmodo, the usually shaped scat serves ...

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 ...

In January 2021, scientists discovered that the exceptionally rectangular droppings of wombats are the result of an uniquely evolved gastrointestinal system and not a cube-shaped anus as was ...

For many years, scientists have been fascinated by wombats' square poop. Wombats are marsupial animals that live in Australia, and yes, they literally poop out cubes, and lots of them. New research ...

Poop to the power of 3? Rubik's Poop? Poop cubed?! We're talking wombats and the unusually shaped blocks of scat they leave behind! But HOW? And WHY? Join Mindy and Guy Raz as they travel to an ...