STORY: In a forest in southeastern Australia, Melina Budden is trailing a wombat named Hope. :: Megalong Valley, Australia The tiny marsupial is covered with mange, a parasitic skin disease. Armed ...

New research is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian wombats could eventually be brought under control for wild individuals and populations. New research from the University ...

Studying wombat burrows has long been a challenge for scientists, says Scott Carver, a disease ecologist at the University of Tasmania. They’re too small for adult humans to crawl into, so many ...

A VOLUNTEER group handing out free kits for Gippslanders to treat wombats for sarcoptic mange is calling on the state government to help fund its programs. Mange Management works with landowners and ...

MEGALONG VALLEY, Australia, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Armed with medication to treat mange, conservationist Melina Budden quietly trails a wombat called Hope who is infected with the skin disease through the ...

New answers have been uncovered in the fight against bare-nosed wombat sarcoptic mange, thanks to the latest research by the University of Tasmania. The findings published today (18 April 2018) in the ...

Corflutes – for the last five weeks, they've been almost impossible to avoid. The plastic campaign signs popped up in Australia's 150 electorates almost overnight when the 2025 federal election was ...

New research from the University of Tasmania is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian wombats could eventually be brought under control for wild individuals and populations.