Scientists in Australia recorded the first ever audio of echidna vocalizations, a sound which may be linked to reproduction, a study said. Photo from Michael Jerrard via Unsplash As three spiky ...

Echidnas are one of the only egg-laying mammals on the planet. Unfortunately, a group of the spiny critters chose a farmhouse in the Australian outback to mate and the scraping of their porcupine-like ...

The body of an echidna ranges from 14 to 30 inches in length with a tail of 4 inches. They weigh 5.5 to 22 pounds. An echidna has a tiny face with small eyes and a long nose, which is sometimes called ...

Rediscovered after 60 years, the funky critter is named for Sir David Attenborough and is one of only five species of monotreme remaining on Earth. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 14, 2023 9:09 AM EST ...

Echidna captive breeding partnership between the University of Queensland and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Australia has produced 14 short-beaked echidna puggles (or babies) in the last five years.

The Long-beaked Echidna is genetically and physically like no other animal alive on earth today, and it embodies traits not seen commonly since the dawn of mammals. These species also happen to make a ...

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A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them. Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday that ...

When a spiny, snouted egg-laying mammal moseyed into the frame of a camera nestled in a remote Indonesian rainforest, researchers found out an ancient echidna species thought to be extinct is very ...

The long-beaked echidna had not been documented since the 1960s. Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct.