Egg-laying mammal — feared locally extinct after wildfire — rediscovered in Australia
Echidnas are egg-laying, insect-eating mammals native to Australia, according to the Australian Museum. The country has only one species, the short-beaked echidna, which can be found throughout the ...
BBC5mon
Surprise footage reveals the voice of one of nature’s weirdest mammals
the echidna is gone. Echidnas are silent, hot water bottle sized mammals that don’t seem to have gotten the memo about doing all the things mammals are supposed to. They lay eggs like a reptile.
Natural History Museum%2c London1y
Ten reasons to love echidnas
The fourth is the short-beaked echidna, widespread in Australia yet still difficult to spot. Discover more about these spiky, gentle beings. 1. Echidnas are monotremes - mammals that lay eggs. They ...
Hosted on MSN2mon
Echidna genome study unravels the events leading to multiple sex chromosomes
The male echidna has five X chromosomes, but only four Y chromosomes, whereas the male platypus has five X and five Y). During production of sperm and eggs (meiosis), these sex chromosomes pair in ...