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 ...

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 ...

The Potawatomi Zoo is welcoming a new ambassador animal!Meet Teddy, a short-beaked echidna!These animals can be found in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...