Echidna captive breeding partnership between the University of Queensland and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Australia has produced 14 short-beaked echidna puggles (or babies) in the last five years.

An echidna-breeding partnership between The University of Queensland and the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary has proved so successful that researchers hope their model could help save endangered echidna ...

Perth Zoo has welcomed two baby echidnas, in what has been described as a world-first breeding milestone. The two babies, known as puggles, have been named Nyingarn (Nyoongar for echidna) and Babbin ...

A baby echidna born at Perth Zoo will be closely watched as part of a research project to help save a separate endangered species of echidna found only in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Indonesia. The ...

Knowledge of monotreme reproduction is also relevant for conservation and captive breeding programs. Researchers are excited that the new genome sequences also provide a roadmap for genetic management ...

If the idea of a cold, motionless sexual partner isn't one of your turn-ons, then you're clearly not an echidna. The males of these spiny Australian animals will happily mate with females even if they ...

San Diego Zoo Global announced Monday it has hatched its first echidna — or spiny anteater — at its Safari Park in North County. The baby — from an Oceanic species with small eyes and a distinctive ...