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JAKARTA — Researchers have credited a strong spirit of collaboration for the success of an expedition in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains that uncovered new sightings of a rare egg-laying mammal and multiple unidentified species. The highlight of the recently published findings was camera-trap images of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), which, like the distantly related but […]

It's the stuff of dreams, and Sir David said he was "absolutely delighted" after receiving the news from the expedition team.

An international team rediscovered the rare Attenborough's long-beaked echidna in Indonesia, also uncovering new species and a cave system. These findings, achieved with local community collaboration, contribute significantly to biodiversity and geological research. A long-beaked echidna named

<ul> <li>A long-beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough and last seen by scientists in 1961 has been photographed for the first time in an Indonesian tropical forest.</li> <li>An international team of researchers worked with local communities to deploy over 80 camera traps to film the elusive animal.</li> <li>Besides rediscovering the echidna, the team uncovered a wealth of species completely new to science, including beetles, spiders, and a remar...

Until now, just one museum specimen from 1961 was the only physical proof this species existed at all.