The photos and video were taken at night, so it might be easy to mistake the animal's spines for fur in the photo. "Attenborough's long-beaked echidna has the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an ...
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 ...
Looking like a cross between a porcupine and an anteater, an echidna trudges ... making the animal a vital part of maintaining a healthy and diverse ecosystem. For Australian sheep farmer ...
Four decades in the media, working in print and television. Formerly editor of the South Coast Register and Milton Ulladulla ...