Researchers rediscovered a spiky, beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough that hasn't been seen for 60 years and was thought to be extinct

• Scientists captured the first images of an elusive echidna named after David Attenborough.
• Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last recorded in 1961.
• Researchers dispatched 80 camera traps that finally spotted this adorable creature.

Scientists captured images of an elusive echidna named after the British biologist Sir David Attenborough for the first time in over 60 years.

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last recorded in 1961, according to a news release from the University of Oxford.