Scientists captured the first images of an elusive echidna named after David Attenborough. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last recorded in 1961. Researchers dispatched 80 camera traps that ...
For more than 60 years, many biologists had begun to wonder if a strange, egg-laying mammal named after British naturalist David Attenborough would ever be seen again. Signs of the mysterious creature ...
Rediscovered after 60 years, the funky critter is named for Sir David Attenborough and is one of only five species of monotreme remaining on Earth. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 14, 2023 9:09 AM EST ...
The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of ...
A Wildlife Conservation Society research intern working in the wilds of Papua New Guinea has successfully completed what many other field biologists considered "mission impossible"—the first study of ...
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Jars of tiny platypus and echidna specimens, collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, have been discovered in the stores of Cambridge's University Museum of Zoology. Jars of tiny ...