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

New analysis of a 100-million-year-old fossil embedded in a rocky cove in Australia suggests echidnas may have evolved from ...

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" event, scientists said in a new ...

TasWater has launched its Water Guardians program through a dedicated website offering free curriculum-aligned resources ...

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

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