Digging echidnas are essential Australian ecosystem engineers
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
A team of Australian scientists has found that the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is a keystone species on the continent. In the Journal of Experimental Biology, they report that echidnas mix and move soil around and are essential for the health of the Australian environment.