Scientists captured images of an elusive echidna named after the British biologist Sir David Attenborough for the first time in over 60 years. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last recorded ...

The echidna genome sequence provided here helps ... In addition to these structural changes in genome organization, the authors also found signals of gene family expansion, meaning that additional ...

The video was shared on social media last month and appears to show Ms Jones stroking an echidna’s spiny back and touching its paw before placing it back in the dirt. “What kind of crazy ...

Out of the four species that exist today, three are the rare long-beaked echidnas, only found in New Guinea. The fourth is the short-beaked echidna, widespread in Australia yet still difficult to spot ...