Scientists captured the first images of an elusive echidna named after David Attenborough. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last recorded in 1961. Researchers dispatched 80 camera traps that ...

The body of an echidna ranges from 14 to 30 inches in length with a tail of 4 inches. They weigh 5.5 to 22 pounds. An echidna has a tiny face with small eyes and a long nose, which is sometimes called ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They are also very different from each other. The ...

Here now is the latest installment in Ze Frank’s always entertaining, occasionally scientifically accurate “facts about _____” nature series. To date, Frank has covered hedgehogs, anglerfish, and now ...