The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of mammals called "monotremes" (with the platypus as the other prominent ...

The short-beaked echidna is common across Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea and along with the platypus, it’s one of Earth’s few monotremes — mammals who lay eggs — and has been around ...

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 ...

Egg-laying: Monotremes lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs. ... The short-beaked echidna, found across Australia and New Guinea, is known for its spiny body, resembling a hedgehog.

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 ...

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. ... Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years.

The Short-Beaked Echidna. The situation becomes even more complicated with the short-beaked echidna, the third egg-laying mammal, primarily found in Australia. Some divide the species into up to six ...

Short-beaked echidnas have an incredibly important role to play in their local environment and are often described as "ecosystem engineers." It is unusual to spot an echidna in the wild because of ...

Echidnas are egg-laying, insect-eating mammals native to Australia, according to the Australian Museum. The country has only one species, the short-beaked echidna, which can be found throughout ...

The long-beaked echidna had not been documented since the 1960s. Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct ...