News Summary

• Scientists have found that northern hairy-nosed wombats can build elaborate burrows regardless of the material they're working with.
• Researchers at the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), The Wombat Foundation (TWF) and Queensland’s Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation used this radar technique to better understand what happens when these shy animals are out of sight.
• Researchers will build on this new knowledge to find another site to become the fourth area in Australia housing a population of these marsupials.
• And in more good news for the translocated RUNF population, scientists have identified a female carrying a pouch young.
• Captured by a motion sensor camera, the female's protruding pouch suggested that her baby was about four- to five-months old as of June.