Authorities threatened influencer Sam Jones with deportation after she posted a video of herself with the joey.

Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an ...

A video of the online influencer snatching the joey from the side of its mother drew calls for her to be deported. She left ...

Australia officials are looking into whether Montana-based influencer Sam Jones breached immigration law when fleeing the ...

American influencer Sam Jones apologizes for sparking outrage with a video showing her taking a baby wombat from its mother ...

Common wombats, the species seen in the video, are not considered vulnerable, unlike the southern hairy-nosed wombat, which is “near threatened,” and the northern hairy-nosed wombat, which is ...

Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to "leave the baby wombat alone," after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. In a now-deleted ...

An Australian man in the since-deleted video can be heard laughing and says, “Look at the mother, it’s chasing after her!” “I caught a baby wombat!” Jones says in the video, as the baby ...

A since-deleted video of a baby wombat being snatched away from its mother has sparked outrage among politicians and wildlife groups in Australia.