Scientists have just unearthed the fascinating ancient monotreme dubbed the echidnapus at Australia’s Lightning Ridge, a creature that lived 100 million years ago. This ancient blend of echidna and ...

Its sluggish movements belie a creature perfectly adapted to its ecological niche, demonstrating that in the grand game of evolution ... echidna-like creatures have existed with relatively little ...

Screenshot from 100-million year-old monotreme fossils unveiled | ABC ... but a jaw and snout resembling an echidna, making it a true evolutionary marvel . The echidnapus discovery offers a peek into ...

Researchers have precisely dated key fossil sites in Central Anatolia, Türkiye, to 7-10 million years ago using a new ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite ...

Volcanic eruption from 12 million years ago preserves a snapshot of extinct animal life. Rhinos that once roamed much of ...

Anatolia, the western part of modern-day Turkey that sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, is a fossil-rich land crucial to unlocking the mysteries surrounding the evolution of ...

Unlocking the Genetic Basis of Adaptive Evolution: Study Reveals Complex ... New Species Revealed After 25 Years of Study on 'Inside Out' Fossil -- And Named After Discoverer's Mum Mar. 26 ...

Focused on Cambrian fossils, the study reanimates a species long trapped in the pages of forgotten paleontology.

A trail camera on Clarke Island recorded an echidna for the first time in decades. Photos show the egg-laying mammal once feared locally extinct. Photo from Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre via WWF ...