Alice Springs Desert Park is working to switch the baby animal from formula to an adult diet Meet Puggly! That’s this orphaned echidna’s name for now. Echidnas are egg-laying mammals native to ...

For the Australian animal called the echidna, a trial by fire would be no sweat. New research shows that echidnas, cat-sized critters related to the platypus, excel at surviving fires. Their strategy ...

A visitor to a national park in Australia stole an echidna, a protected native mammal, and kept it before officials rescued and released it. Google Street View April ...

Wandering around in southern Australia, a spiky white creature minded its own business, but the unusual-colored animal quickly drew local attention. The rare albino echidna was spotted around the ...

The baby echidna or puggle, named Rarity, was less than 10 weeks old when it came under the care of Australia Zoo at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. The echidna was left orphaned after its mother was ...

Bathurst locals spotted the rare albino creature wandering along a road. Photos show a “once in a lifetime” encounter with the spiny animal. Photo from the Bathurst Regional Council Wandering around ...