It's actually an echidna puggle — and it's really cute. Puggles, also known as spiny anteaters, are egg-laying mammals that live in Australia and New Guinea. This 40-day-old baby, named Beau, lives at ...

A tiny, short-beaked orphaned echidna puggle who was found abandoned in a paddock has found a new home at a local zoo, with a kind-hearted veterinary nurse becoming the monotreme's new mum. The cute ...

AUSTRALIA Zoo is celebrating the arrival of an oh-so-cute puggle, the first under a breeding program that began just two years ago.

How do echidnas mate? Carefully of course. So when Perth Zoo's 'Chindi' and 'Nyingarn' became the first zoo-born echidnas in the world to successfully breed in 2015, there was immense relief. Loading ...

A new baby echidna (a puggle) that was born at Australia Zoo. (Supplied) Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city. © 2026 Nine ...