In the Cyclops Mountains in the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea, Oxford scientists and local guides made a series of spectacular discoveries. By Douglas Main A scientific expedition to ...

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For the first time in over 60 years, a rare egg-laying mammal has been spotted by scientists. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) was caught on camera during a major ...

The Cyclops Mountains are one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, being rugged, steep, and dangerous, and ranging from sea level to 1,970 metres. They are dominated by two main peaks ...

Camera trapping also played a key role in confirming their existence. Camera traps deployed in the Cyclops in 2022 and 2023 garnered the photographic evidence -- 110 photos total from 26 ...

Oxford Biology also took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the discovery on Friday writing, "The team battled leeches, malaria, and >11,000m of climbing in the Cyclops Mountains to capture the ...

Collaboration between international and local researchers, conservation authorities, NGOs and Indigenous groups was key to the success of an expedition in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains that ...

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Animal News. Endangered egg-laying mammal seen for the first time in over 60 years. ... Expedition Cyclops also rediscovered Mayr’s honeyeater, a species of bird not seen for 15 years.

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The Cyclops Mountains are precipitously steep and dangerous to explore. ... There are venomous animals around you, deadly snakes like the death adder," Dr Kempton explains.

In 1961, scientists officially discovered the animal in the tropical forests of Indonesia’s Cyclops mountains. Echidnas are shy creatures that live in burrows and only meet others once a year ...