Spiny, snooty, and strange, echidnas are among Australia's wackiest animals. They're mammals, which means they feed their ...

There are platypus storybooks aplenty, and stuffed toys, and cartoon videos ... fans have plenty to be happy about, for an echidna puggle was hatched at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a first.

"This suggests that the echidna pseudo-pouch environment changes during lactation to accommodate young that lack a functional adaptive immune system." The way puggles suckle may contribute to the ...

On Friday, Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, introduced a rare short-beaked echidna puggle in a video shared on Facebook. The new addition is around seven months old and has yet to be named.

"This suggests that the echidna pseudo-pouch environment changes during lactation to accommodate young that lack a functional adaptive immune system." The way puggles suckle may contribute to the ...

“This suggests that the echidna pseudo-pouch environment changes during lactation to accommodate young that lack a functional adaptive immune system.” The way puggles suckle may contribute to the ...

What, you might ask, is a puggle? A puggle is a baby echidna, an animal with quills that looks a bit like a small, round porcupine with a long nose. The baby emerges from an egg incubated in its ...

The anomaly likely helps males compete for mates: Swapping penis sides allowed one echidna to “ejaculate ... After 10 more days, her puggle hatches into the world.

Followed categories will be added to My News. Koala joey, Gracie and echidna puggle, Milly are two animals whose upbringing will be a little different to their other zoo mates, being hand-reared ...

Research from the University of Adelaide shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment ...