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 ...

Alice Springs Desert Park is working to switch the baby animal from formula to an adult diet Meet Puggly! That’s this orphaned echidna’s name for now. Echidnas are egg-laying mammals native to ...

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 ...

Irwin paid tribute to the "family member" of nearly 40 years in a heartfelt post on Instagram Wednesday Bindi Irwin and her family are mourning the loss of a small animal friend. The zookeeper, 24, ...

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For more than 60 years, many biologists had begun to wonder if a strange, egg-laying mammal named after British naturalist David Attenborough would ever be seen again. Signs of the mysterious creature ...

An expedition team exploring the Cyclops Mountains in Indonesia has captured the first-ever photographic evidence of an elusive species of echidna in the wild. The last official sighting of the ...

A rare species of echidna named after broadcaster David Attenborough has been rediscovered by scientists on mountains in Indonesia, more than 60 years after it was last officially seen. Known as ...

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.

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the Head ...