A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

Out of the four species that exist today ... While the short-beaked echidna is thriving in Australia, the long-beaked echidna is endangered. We can help the echidna population by being mindful when ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They are also very different from each other.

The echidna is an egg-laying ... an essential tool for conservationists to track populations and manage endangered species without disturbing wildlife. Species management is crucial to maintaining ...

There are four living species of echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, all sitting in the Tachyglossidae family. Three species are found only in New Guinea and the fourth is found there ...

The 100-million-year-old fossil was thought to belong to a monotreme species and outwardly resembled the upper arm bone of an echidna more than a platypus's. The extinct species was named ...

echidnas, and the endangered Tasmanian devil. There's seven acres of Australian bush that is home to over 260 native species at the wildlife destination. This includes 68 endangered species ...