Spiny, snooty, and strange, echidnas are among Australia's wackiest animals. They're mammals, which means they feed their young milk, but only after the puggle (that's the word for a newborn echidna) ...

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 ...

For more than 60 years, many biologists had begun to wonder if a strange, egg-laying mammal named after British naturalist David Attenborough would ever be seen again. Signs of the mysterious creature ...

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Echidna captive breeding partnership between the University of Queensland and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Australia has produced 14 short-beaked echidna puggles (or babies) in the last five years.

Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, to ...

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 ...

One of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s newest residents is still learning to move about on wobbly legs and peering at our strange world through tiny eyes. The Safari Park announced this week the ...

Knuckles from the Sonic the Hedgehog games is supposed to be an echidna, one that flies around like Superman and runs so fast its legs become blurs. “Knuckles is a cool guy with a bad attitude,” ...

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to theechidna.com.au Peter Broelman's view. I am not an extremely vengeful Echidna on the whole, but ...