When a long-beaked echidna was rediscovered in Indonesia in mid-November 2023, it was sensational. The animal, last seen during a wildlife expedition in 1961 and dedicated to the renowned naturalist ...

Although known to be capable swimmers, a potential one-kilometre ocean swim by an echidna has landed it in hospital.

In the heart of Indonesia’s treacherous Cyclops Mountains, a remarkable expedition led by the intrepid researchers of Expedition Cyclops has shattered the decades-long silence surrounding the elusive ...

Four species exist today: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) found throughout Australia and parts of New Guinea, and three species of long-beaked echidnas (genus Zaglossus) native to ...

This upends the long‑held view that monotremes descended from a terrestrial ... Hand says. “And while the beak of the echidnas has fewer receptors, people have suggested that these receptors are a ...

Nov. 9, 2023 — A long-beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough and last seen by scientists in 1961 has been photographed for the first time in an Indonesian tropical forest. An ...

"Another unique aspect of echidna biology is that they lack nipples. Instead of suckling like other species, the puggle rubs its beak against a part of the pseudo-pouch called the milk patch ...

Spiny, snooty, and strange, echidnas are among Australia's wackiest animals. They're mammals, which means they feed their ...

“Another unique aspect of echidna biology is that they lack nipples. Instead of suckling like other species, the puggle rubs its beak against a part of the pseudo-pouch called the milk patch, causing ...