Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, which was thought to be extinct, has stunned scientists after being filmed in a tropical forest in Indonesia for the first time. The egg-laying mammal, named after ...

Spiny, snooty, and strange, echidnas are among Australia's wackiest animals. They're mammals, which means they feed their young milk, but only after the puggle (that's the word for a newborn echidna) ...

An ancient egg-laying mammal which some thought may have been extinct has been rediscovered. The Attenborough echidna, named after British naturalist David Attenborough, was filmed by a trail camera ...

The western long-beaked echidna, one of the world's five egg-laying species of mammal, became extinct in Australia thousands of years ago... or did it? Scientists have found evidence suggesting that ...

Monotremes, found only in Australia and New Guinea, are unique mammals that lay eggs, combining features of reptiles and mammals. This group includes the platypus and four echidna species. They ...

It's major. It's robust. It's huge. It is, in fact, as strong as a egg-laying, beak-rocking, water-loving mammal is adorable. There are platypus storybooks aplenty, and stuffed toys, and cartoon ...