Sir David Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, Zaglossus attenboroughi, Cyclops Mountains, Papua, Indonesia

Species Named for Sir David Attenborough Confirmed Alive in the Forest of ‘Our Mother’

It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real: an egg-laying, long-nosed, spiny mammal has been confirmed alive in the tropical Cyclops Mountains. The echidna species is among the world’s oldest living mammals, diverging from the ancestors of other mammals over … Continue reading Species Named for Sir David Attenborough Confirmed Alive in the Forest of ‘Our Mother’