Research from the University of Adelaide shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

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A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove could revolutionize our understanding of echidnas and platypuses' evolution.

Found in Australia and New Guinea, the platypus and echidna are called monotremes, and they are unique for being the only mammals that lay eggs. The amphibious platypus has a bill and webbed feet ...

The platypus and echidna, often regarded as some of the most peculiar animals on Earth, may be hiding a far more complex ...

Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said ...

New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure ...

Charity group Southern Koala and Echidna Rescue shared a heartbreaking video this week of a kangaroo lying motionless on the side of a South Australian road, its body too badly injured to move ...

Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said Tuesday in a new study of the peculiar egg-laying mammals. With ...