Camera traps and Indigenous knowledge help confirm presence of ‘lost’ echidna species

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2025, 1:11 pm337 pts
In November 2023, Mongabay reported on an expedition in which researchers partnered with Indigenous communities and government agencies in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains to capture camera-trap images of what was previously thought to be a “lost” species: Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, the world’s…

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