The long-beaked echidna is one of just five egg-laying mammals in existence today, ... MORE: Key Largo tree cactus becomes 1st-ever US species to become extinct due to rising sea levels.

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 ...

Despite being critically endangered, Attenborough's long-beaked echidna is not currently a protected species in Indonesia. The scientists don't know how big the population is, or if it is sustainable.

Researchers on a nine-week expedition were able to capture the first known photographic evidence of an endangered species that has not been spotted in over 60 years.

A nearly gapless genome sequence of the echidna, an egg-laying mammal with multiple sex chromosomes, helps researchers to track genomic reorganization events that gave rise to a highly unusual sex ...

The echidna was dead and “fully intact” with “all its spines and its legs” when it was regurgitated by the three-meter-long (almost 10-foot) shark, according to Lubitz.

To stay cool in searing temperatures, the prickly echidna, an egg-laying mammal that lives Down Under, employs a somewhat unusual trick: It blows snot bubbles to keep its nose wet, a new study finds.

Echidna microbiome changes while mums nurse puggle Date: May 12, 2025 Source: University of Adelaide Summary: Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic ...

In what is thought to be the first encounter of its kind to be witnessed by scientists, a tiger shark has been spotted vomiting up a dead echidna whole off the coast of an Australian island.