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Researchers on Thursday said they were shocked to observe a Tiger shark throw up an echidna while tagging marine life near Orpheus Island off the north-east coast of Australia. A team of researchers ...

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 ...

Echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters, are egg-laying mammals native to Australia and New Guinea. They are characterized by their spiky coat of spines, which helps protect them from predators in ...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor. The ...

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A trail camera on Clarke Island recorded an echidna for the first time in decades. Photos show the egg-laying mammal once feared locally extinct. Photo from Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre via ...

Jars of tiny platypus and echidna specimens, collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, have been discovered in the stores of Cambridge's University Museum of Zoology. Jars of tiny ...

A comparison of the genomes of the platypus and echidna — Australia’s egg-laying mammals — has revealed new clues about how these monotremes diverged from other mammals. A team that included ...

An incredibly unique albino echidna has been spotted in Australia, wandering in Bathurst, a city about 120 miles northwest of Sydney. A member of the Bathurst Regional Council sighted the rare ...

Native to New Guinea and Australia, these animals are the size of a house cat but a whole lot stranger: tiny toothless mouths, quill-like hairs...and multiheaded genitalia. The penile shaft has four ...