Alice Springs Desert Park is working to switch the baby animal from formula to an adult diet Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...
An echidna in Tasmania looks very different from one in Western Australia. But the differences run much deeper than ...
Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, to ...
Spiny, snooty, and strange, echidnas are among Australia's wackiest animals. They're mammals, which means they feed their young milk, but only after the puggle (that's the word for a newborn echidna) ...
A baby echidna has been rescued from floodwaters in Menindee Named Kevin, the young animal is between three and four months old The puggle has been transferred to Dubbo for further care The puggle, ...
A baby echidna escaped with his life after being attacked by two birds and then falling over a dozen feet onto the roof of a home in Australia. The tiny mammal was taken to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney ...
After 200 years of European farming practices, Australian soils are in bad shape – depleted of nutrients and organic matter, including carbon. This is bad news for both soil health and efforts to ...
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 in ...