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

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

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail ...

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

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

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

Analysis of single bone may tell us if the platypus is an evolutionary anomaly - starting on land, then returning to water.

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