Endangered, egg-laying mammal spotted for first time in 60 years

An expedition through an Indonesian mountain range led to researchers capturing rare video of an endangered species that hasn't been spotted in over 60 years. Researchers with Expedition Cyclops were able to capture the first-ever photographic evidence of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, a critically endangered egg-laying mammal, in Indonesia, according to a report from NBC News.
The 25-person crew set out on a nine-week expedition, according to the report, with the crew facing scares such as malaria, earthquakes and one member having a leech stuck in their eye for 33 hours.