And it seems "puggle" started being used to refer to baby monotremes, specifically echidnas, sometime in the 1900s. Independent echidna researcher Mike McKelvey has research notes from a 1969 ...

Kemp says caring for baby echidnas – puggles – is particularly special. “They’re like nothing else.” She encourages drivers who hit an echidna to check nearby for babies. “Echidnas don’t have a proper ...

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The egg hatches after about 10 days, and the jellybean-sized puggle (baby echidna) remains in the pouch for up to 55 days, depending on the species. Unlike marsupials, echidnas don’t have teats; ...

The pups all share the same father, a male named Merlot, but Fota wants the new names to be inspired by the lemurs’ native ...

When we think of mammals, we usually think of animals that give birth to live babies, like lions or humans. But there’s a small and rare group of mammals that do things differently– they lay eggs!

A man died on Easter Monday after the ATV he was driving rolled in the region's north. I am a senior journalist for ACM in the Central West. I cover council, human interest, and crime. Email me at ...

Good evening and welcome to the Addy's livestream of the 2025 Torchlight Procession. If you've got a story to tell, I'd love to hear from you. Email me at [email protected] ...

‘He helped a blind man cross the road recently, not long after rescuing an echidna on the freeway. I see his kindness.’ Since stopping work, Ryan helps me film and edit content; we now work ...