Female echidnas have special glands in their pouch which secrete milk. The baby echidna, called a puggle, laps it up. 3. The mother leaves the young in a nursery burrow with a concealed entrance for ...

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 ...