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 ...

Egg-laying mammal: Scientists discover that for Australia the long-beaked echidna may not be a thing of the past. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 ...

The Tasmanian short-beaked echidna looks a bit like a hedgehog or a porcupine covered in fur and hollow, barbless quills. It's a mammal but it lays eggs, which makes it a monotreme . More animal news ...

The unnamed and unsexed puggle – a baby short-beaked echidna – hatched between March 2 and 5, according to the zoo. It will remain in a nestbox for a few more months to receive nourishment ...

The Taronga Zoo in Sydney introduced a rare short-beaked echidna puggle, born to mum Gunyi at its breeding facility. Primary Menu Sections. US News. ... one of only two egg-laying mammals, ...

Estimated to be roughly 7 months old and weighing in at 1.7kg, this little short-beaked echidna puggle is growing from strength to strength," a post on the zoo's Facebook page read.

BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- Brookfield Zoo's oldest animal turned 50 on Saturday. Adelaide, a short-beaked echidna was presented with a nutritious birthday cake topped with one of her favorite delicacies ...