Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Echidnas ...

To stay cool in searing temperatures, the prickly echidna, an egg-laying mammal that lives Down Under, employs a somewhat unusual trick: It blows snot bubbles to keep its nose wet, a new study finds. ...

It appears the shark liked neither its prey's texture nor taste. A team of scientists reported getting a surprise after they witnessed a tiger shark regurgitate a spikey land mammal from down under ...

The Taronga Zoo celebrated the birth of three adorable baby echidnas, or puggles. They're the first of their kind to be born at the zoo in 29 years. The puggles hatched between Aug. 16-30 to ...

Animals cover themselves in all kinds of unsavory fluids to keep cool. Humans sweat, kangaroos spit and some birds will urinate on themselves to survive hot days. It turns out that echidnas do ...

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Researchers on Thursday said they were shocked to observe a Tiger shark throw up an echidna while tagging marine life near Orpheus Island off the north-east coast of Australia. A team of researchers ...

For more than 60 years, researchers have been unable to physically see a critically endangered animal known as one of the world's most unusual mammals. But now, one of Attenborough's long-beaked ...

Australia’s echidna has developed a curious way to cool off — blowing bubbles out of its beaklike snout. The short-beaked echidna is common across Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea and along with the ...