An extremely rare white echidna has been spotted roaming the streets of an Australian city. The snow-colored spine ball was seen wandering around Bathurst, which is about 120 miles northwest of ...

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.

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

When a person driving through Southern Australia recently struck a small, spiny animal, they grabbed their phone and called Southern Koala and Echidna Rescue for help. The injured traveler was an ...

The echidna is often called a spiny anteater for its needle-shaped nose and ... Predators (foxes, goannas, Tasmanian devils, etc.) often prove they are not hungry enough to grab at a spiky ball. 7.

A veterinarian has treated a rare and prickly patient after an echidna mysteriously ended up in a suburban Darwin backyard. The egg-laying mammal is one of the few species of animals found all ...

An echidna looks like a hot spiky ball of yellow, orange and white in this heat-vision video — except for its chilly nose, which shows up as a purple and black blob.

The first western person to encounter an echidna and write about it was William Bligh, infamous captain of the Bounty. In 1792, his ship stopped in Tasmania on its way to Tahiti. On February 7 he ...

Modern occurrence of the Long-Beaked Echidna Zaglossus bruijnii in the Kimberley region of Australia. ZooKeys , 2012; 255 (0): 103 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.255.3774 Cite This Page : ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Regina Barber and Aaron Scott of Short Wave about building cellular 'robots,' the bizarre sleeping habits of chinstrap penguins, and a lost echidna found again.

NARRATOR: The echidna is a gentle little animal. It's about the same size as a soccer ball. Those long pointy spines are, its only form of protection.

Raffie the echidna, roaming through Australian rocks. Bathurst Regional Council via Facebook. An incredibly unique albino echidna has been spotted in Australia, wandering in Bathurst, a city about ...