There are four species of echidna that are alive today — one species of short-beaked echidna and three species of long-beaked echidnas. Read on to learn more fun facts about these strange, spiky ...

Study lead Gison Morib of YAPPENDA is continuing research in the field to better understand the species. Banner image of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, courtesy of Morib et al., 2025.

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 ...

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

Echidnas belong to the order Monotremata, making them one of only five extant monotreme species in the world—the other being the equally peculiar platypus. Monotremes represent the oldest evolutionary ...

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

Echidnas consist of four species, differentiated by their beaks. However, what makes these mammals so interesting is that they are one of the only mammals that lay eggs. The footage of Attenborough's ...

The frogs were bred as part of NSW government program to prevent endangered species from going extinct and is among other ...

The United States’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), signed into law in 1973, has helped revive the populations of nearly 300 species.

Protodorvillea new species of worm from Australia This new species was found in shallow sediments near Lord Howe Island, off the east coast of the Australian mainland. Protodorvillea is part of a very ...

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