Scientists captured images of an elusive echidna named after the British biologist Sir David Attenborough for the first time in over 60 years. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last recorded ...

The claws on their hind legs are curved backwards to aid digging ... Echidnas have long life spans - 50 years in captivity and 45 years in the wild, possibly more. While the short-beaked echidna is ...

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of mammals called "monotremes" (with the platypus as the other prominent ...

Then, in footage captured a month later, he spotted the interaction between a young wombat and a short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). The echidna is seen waddling around the frame ...