The echidna genome sequence provided here helps ... the authors also found signals of gene family expansion, meaning that additional copies of specific genes arose during the evolution of monotremes.

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 ...

The organisation is celebrating a “monumental” restoration win after a trimanya, or echidna, was spotted through trail cameras on the island for the first time in more than a decade.