Echidnas don't have very good vision, but they have a strong sense of smell and hearing. When they feel threatened, echidnas will roll into a ball so that only their spiky back is exposed. Echidnas ...

Researchers captured footage of the "bizarre" animal on the last day and with their final memory card after a month of battling "blood-sucking leeches, malaria, earthquakes" and more in Indonesia.

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna is one of only five living species of monotremes, a group of egg-laying mammals, which includes the platypus.

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct.

A hidden camera in Queensland captures a rare encounter between a young northern wombat and an echidna, revealing valuable ...

The Attenborough echidna, named for Sir David Attenborough, is one of three species of the genus that lives only in the Cyclops Mountains on New Guinea.

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.

This species is one of five living monotremes, a strange group of primitive mammals that includes the platypus and three other echidna species. Monotremes diverged from the common ancestors of ...

Echidna Species Lived Watery Lifestyles Like Platypuses: Study The platypus is well adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle, spending up to 20 hours a day swimming in Australian waterways to forage ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth.< Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.