Science & Environment
An echidna moves 8 trailer-loads of soil a year, and scientists say they’re helping to tackle climate change
Echidnas are the soil engineers Australia desperately needs.
Tag: echidna
News
‘How many assumptions have been made?’ There’s a lot we don’t know about echidnas
Australia’s most widespread mammal is one of our least understood. Now, pioneering research is unlocking the enigma of the echidna.
Wildlife
Australia’s ‘echidna lady’ has studied the iconic Aussie animal for almost 30 years
Patience is one of Peggy Rismiller’s finest qualities, which is what makes her Australia’s most successful echidna expert.
News
See an adorable echidna puggle with its spikes only just coming through
You’ve probably seen an echidna puggle before, but have you ever seen a puggle with its spikes just coming through?
News
VIDEO: white echidna sighted in Tasmania
See the video of a rare albino echidna spotted in Tasmania’s Coles Bay on the Freycinet Peninsula.
Video
Watch an echidna hatch in this vintage CSIRO clip
This 1974 echidna hatching video from the CSIRO archives proves that puggles are by far the most adorable native Australian animal.
News
VIDEO: Swimming echidna proves these animals love to play
Ashley Hallam captured this footage of an echidna swimming along the Swan River in Tasmania, seemingly using its nose as a snorkel.