ARTICLES

Wondering how you can trust us?

We adhere to professional journalistic ethics standards set by Canadian Association of Journalists and Society of Professional Journalists. For more information about how we regulate our journalism, click here.

Photographic Evidence Confirms Survival of Attenborough’s Long-Beaked Echidna
Science Austin Witter (12) Science Austin Witter (12)

Photographic Evidence Confirms Survival of Attenborough’s Long-Beaked Echidna

A team on an expedition to Papua New Guinea has captured conclusive evidence of an endangered species of mammal previously feared to be extinct. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), named after the British nature broadcaster, is one of only four living species of echidnas. “[It] has the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater, and the feet of a mole.” said Dr. James Kempton, a biologist and expedition lead from the University of Oxford.

Read More