As I write this column, it is April first. I hate practical jokes, but I wouldn’t mind so much if they were limited to one day a year when I could stay home and not answer the phone. A day like today, ...

close up of an echidna approaching in the central plateau conservation area of tasmania, australia Short-beaked Echidna - Tachyglossus aculeatus in the Australian bush, known as spiny anteaters, ...

Short-beaked Echidna - Tachyglossus aculeatus in the Australian bush, known as spiny anteaters, family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals, pokes and feeds on ants and walks.

First of all, it’s a mammal that lays eggs, which is nearly unheard of—the only other mammal to lay is are the echidna (also known as the spiny anteater). Then you tack on the beak that looks ...

Echidna works with microbes to caputre carbon. Image by Michael Jerrard via Unsplash. Echidnas, or spiny anteaters, are remarkable for being one of the only egg-laying mammals, alongside the platypus.

curid=1749321 Echidnas, known as spiny anteaters, are remarkable creatures in Australia and New Guinea. These unique monotremes possess a combination of mammalian and reptilian features. They lay eggs ...

Egg prices have finally taken a turn in a direction shoppers have been hoping for—down. After months of record highs and supply disruptions, the cost of a dozen eggs has plummeted in just a ...

Retail U.S. egg prices continue to be volatile, even as wholesale egg prices in recent weeks have declined and as demand for eggs will likely increase as the Easter holiday approaches. But egg ...

And you thought eggs in the US were expensive. A single egg in the United Kingdom went for over $500 this week — but not because of bird-flu-induced “eggflation”. The “one-in-a-billion ...