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Rediscovered after 60 years, the funky critter is named for Sir Richard Attenborough and is one of only five species of monotreme remaining on Earth.

More than sixty years after its last recorded sighting, the iconic Attenborough's long-beaked echidna has been rediscovered in the remote Cyclops Mountains of Indonesia's Papua Province. This egg-laying mammal, named after Sir David Attenborough, was captured on camera during an expedition led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Indonesian partners. The discovery was…

With spines like a hedgehog, feet like a mole and snout like an anteater, this bizarre animal is hard to miss. Yet it has been missing, presumed extinct since 1961 – that was until it had the audacity to saunter past a well-placed research camera.

Named after Sir David, Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, has been rediscovered after 60 years.

The team also found an entirely new genus of tree-dwelling shrimp, countless new species of insects and a previously unknown cave system.