This kind soul came along at exactly the right time! In case you aren't aware, Echidnas are mammals native to Australia and New Guinea. They're one of the only two known monotremes, along with the ...

Bathurst locals spotted the rare albino creature wandering along a road. Photos show a “once in a lifetime” encounter with the spiny animal. Photo from the Bathurst Regional Council Wandering around ...

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in the water, not on land.

A visitor to a national park in Australia stole an echidna, a protected native mammal, and kept it before officials rescued and released it. Google Street View April ...

For the Australian animal called the echidna, a trial by fire would be no sweat. New research shows that echidnas, cat-sized critters related to the platypus, excel at surviving fires. Their strategy ...

These animals can be found in Australia and New Guinea. As an ambassador animal, Teddy will not be on display but he might be used as part of educational classes at the zoo or future breeding programs ...

A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them. Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday that ...

Mono, the short-beaked echidna, has joined Rockhampton Zoo, taking up residence in a newly refurbished Aussie animals enclosure. Mono -named after the word “monotreme,” meaning egg‑laying mammal – ...