Spiky, furry and with a beak, echidnas have been called ... Of the four echidna species three have long beaks, with the Attenborough echidna, and the western echidna considered critically endangered.

Only five mammal species in the world have the ability to lay eggs: the duck-billed platypus, the western long-beaked echidna ...

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, named after famed broadcaster ... Alongside the echidna's rediscovery, the expedition—a partnership between the University of Oxford, Indonesian NGO Yayasan ...

Echidnas lay a single egg, incubated in a temporary pouch until it hatches into a puggle. The western long-beaked echidna ...