Armed with a makeshift pole and a spray can filled with medication, conservationist Melina Budden quietly tails Hope, a mange-infected wombat, through the Australian bush. Mange is a skin disease ...

This is the amusing moment a wombat satisfyingly scratched its back ... Wombats can experience itching due to a skin condition called mange, caused by mites burrowing under their skin.

This is a bare-nosed wombat affected by sarcoptic mange, at Narawntapu National Park, in Tasmania, Australia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

I now know that that wombat had mange. But I think that was the moment that really hooked me in." This year alone, Toby has treated 33 wombats in the New South Wales Hawkesbury region where he ...

Conservationists are seeing a significant number of wombats affected by the deadly skin disease known as sarcoptic mange. The ...