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A baby echidna escaped with his life after being attacked by two birds and then falling over a dozen feet onto the roof of a home in Australia. The tiny mammal was taken to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney ...

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Echidnas, also called spiny anteaters, are some of the weirdest mammals in the world. They're among the only mammals that don't give birth to live babies, and they also carry their young in a pouch.

Alice Springs Desert Park is working to switch the baby animal from formula to an adult diet Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

A new baby is ready for her close-up, just watch out for those spikes. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is sharing images of Sydney the puggle. A puggle is a baby echidna, an Australian relative of the ...

Echidnas are spiny mammals that live in Australia and are like the weird cousins of duck-billed platypuses. Like a momma platypus, a momma echidna lays eggs, which she then hatches in a marsupial-like ...

One of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s newest residents is still learning to move about on wobbly legs and peering at our strange world through tiny eyes. The Safari Park announced this week the ...