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

The situation becomes even more complicated with the short-beaked echidna, the third egg-laying mammal, primarily found in Australia. Some divide the species into up to six different subspecies, ...

Research from the University of Adelaide shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while ...

These are the only living monotremes, distinguished from other mammals by laying eggs rather than giving live birth ... The Kangaroo Island short-beaked echidna, a subspecies, has been listed as ...

echidna, monotreme, mammal, egg-laying mammal, spiny anteater ... are located in the skin of the echidna’s beak. Each short-beaked echidna possesses approximately 400-2,000 electroreceptors, ...

Each short-beaked echidna possesses approximately 400-2,000 electroreceptors ... fields generated by the muscular contractions of prey like crustaceans, fish eggs, and insect larvae. In contrast, ...

Two long-beaked echidnas, primitive egg-laying mammals, even allowed scientists to pick ... The locality lies within a protected zone and Dr Beehler believes its future is secure in the short term.