SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Potawatomi Zoo announced it is welcoming a new ambassador animal, Teddy the short-beaked echidna. Zoo officials say Teddy was recently moved to Potawatomi from another ...

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 ...

Listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, Attenborough ’ s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) is one of five species that are monotremes, the only group of living mammals ...

Echidna genome study unravels the events leading to multiple sex chromosomes The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals.

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 different subspecies, ...

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 ...