The Cyclops Mountains are one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, being rugged, steep, and dangerous, and ranging from sea level to 1,970 metres. They are dominated by two main peaks ...

In the Cyclops Mountains in the Indonesian part of the island of New ... there are more than 2,000 “lost species” of plants and animals that have not been scientifically recorded for over a ...

Collaboration between international and local researchers, conservation authorities, NGOs and Indigenous groups was key to the success of an expedition in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains that ...

For the first time in over 60 years, a rare egg-laying mammal has been spotted by scientists. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) was caught on camera during a major ...

Kempton hopes the findings will help local partners raise funds to research and protect the Cyclops Mountains. The Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna is also one of five guardians of a highly ...

Camera trapping also played a key role in confirming their existence. Camera traps deployed in the Cyclops in 2022 and 2023 garnered the photographic evidence -- 110 photos total from 26 ...

In 1961, scientists officially discovered the animal in the tropical forests of Indonesia’s Cyclops mountains. Echidnas are shy creatures that live in burrows and only meet others once a year ...

Oxford Biology also took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the discovery on Friday writing, "The team battled leeches, malaria, and >11,000m of climbing in the Cyclops Mountains to capture the ...

The 'cyclops' calf was hailed as a miracle from God by those who flocked to worship it. The mutant goat was born with two large eyes fused together in the middle of its forehead (Image: Jam Press ...