First footage of rare echidna species named after broadcaster David Attenborough

November 10, 2023

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A long-beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough has been caught on camera in a remote forest in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains.

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) are extremely rare and classified as critically endangered on the IUCN red list. It was last recorded by scientists in in 1961⁠.

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