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.

A tussle between two wild animals caught on a trail camera revealed happy news about an elusive species–and ended happily for both critters. In hours of footage captured at Richard Underwood Nature ...

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct. Suspected footage of Zaglossus attenboroughi -- the long-beaked ...

The team also found an entirely new genus of tree-dwelling shrimp, countless new species of insects and a previously unknown cave system. An expedition team traveling through the treacherous Cyclops ...

In November 2023, Mongabay reported on an expedition in which researchers partnered with Indigenous communities and government agencies in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains to capture camera-trap images ...

Surviving undocumented for 62 years is the defining achievement of the rediscovered Zaglossus attenboroughi species. The existence of only 5 modern species creates a critical vulnerability within the ...

New analysis of a 100-million-year-old fossil embedded in a rocky cove in Australia suggests echidnas may have evolved from swimming ancestors. That's basically unheard of: While there are many ...

Echidnas, also called spiny anteaters, are some of the weirdest mammals in the world. They're among the only mammals that don't give birth to live babies, and they also carry their young in a pouch.