A tiny, short-beaked orphaned echidna puggle who was found abandoned in a paddock has found a new home at a local zoo, with a kind-hearted veterinary nurse becoming the monotreme's new mum. The cute ...

Taronga Zoo, in Sydney, Australia, is celebrating its first successful Short-beaked Echidna births in nearly 30 years, with keepers monitoring the progress of three healthy echidna puggles. The ...

It may have a face that only a mother could love, but it's still one of a kind at Queensland's Australia Zoo. The zoo's latest arrival - a baby echidna that's the first to be born under a breeding ...

Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, to ...

SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) - Sydney’s Taronga Zoo unveiled a rare short-beaked echidna puggle on Friday, born to mum Gunyi at its breeding facility around seven months ago. The puggle, the tenth born at ...

It took almost 30 years, but the Taronga Zoo in Sydney has finally been graced with some baby puggles. No, we’re not talking about the dog breed. Puggles are baby short-beaked echidnas, a species of ...