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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is the most widespread, found throughout Australia and parts of New Guinea. The other three species are all long-beaked echidnas (genus Zaglossus) and ...

Join us in celebrating a very special milestone—Adelaide the echidna's 56th birthday! Short-beaked echidnas are primarily insect eaters, feasting on ants, termites, and worms.

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 ...