Echidna

Enter the weird world of the echidna—a mammal in a category all its own

Animals
Basic Instincts

Enter the weird world of the echidna—a mammal in a category all its own

Enter the weird world of the echidna—a mammal in a category all its own

Nature gives animals all kinds of storage compartments

Nature gives animals all kinds of storage compartments

Nature gives animals all kinds of storage compartments

The shocking ways wild animals use electricity

The shocking ways wild animals use electricity

The shocking ways wild animals use electricity

There’s no way these cute, spiny creatures are all sold legally

Animals
Wildlife Watch

There’s no way these cute, spiny creatures are all sold legally

There’s no way these cute, spiny creatures are all sold legally

Rare Albino Mammal Caught on Camera

Rare Albino Mammal Caught on Camera

Rare Albino Mammal Caught on Camera

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Weird Animal Question of the Week

Oh Baby! Which Animal Families Lay Eggs and Live Birth?

Oh Baby! Which Animal Families Lay Eggs and Live Birth?

Primitive and Peculiar Mammal May Be Hiding Out in Australia

Primitive and Peculiar Mammal May Be Hiding Out in Australia

Primitive and Peculiar Mammal May Be Hiding Out in Australia

Why Dinosaurs Were Like Tuna, Great Whites, and Echidnas

Science
Not Exactly Rocket Science

Why Dinosaurs Were Like Tuna, Great Whites, and Echidnas

Why Dinosaurs Were Like Tuna, Great Whites, and Echidnas

One Protein Shows Elephants and Moles Had Aquatic Ancestors

Science
Not Exactly Rocket Science

One Protein Shows Elephants and Moles Had Aquatic Ancestors

One Protein Shows Elephants and Moles Had Aquatic Ancestors

Pictures: 14 Rarest and Weirdest Mammal Species Named

Pictures: 14 Rarest and Weirdest Mammal Species Named

Pictures: 14 Rarest and Weirdest Mammal Species Named

Frigid echidna sex – competition drives males to mate with hibernating females

Science
Not Exactly Rocket Science

Frigid echidna sex – competition drives males to mate with hibernating females

Frigid echidna sex – competition drives males to mate with hibernating females

If the idea of a cold, motionless sexual partner isn’t one of your turn-ons, then you’re clearly not an echidna. The males of these spiny Australian animals will happily mate with females even if they’re hibernating.

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