Monotremes are unique mammals that lay eggs, but their limited geographic ranges make them vulnerable. We explain why.

For more than 60 years, many biologists had begun to wonder if a strange, egg-laying mammal named after British naturalist David Attenborough would ever be seen again. Signs of the mysterious creature ...

For more than 60 years, researchers have been unable to physically see a critically endangered animal known as one of the world's most unusual mammals. But now, one of Attenborough's long-beaked ...

An echidna expert from the University of Queensland says not much is known about how many echidnas there are in the wild. It ...

A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them. Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday that ...

Scientists in Australia recorded the first ever audio of echidna vocalizations, a sound which may be linked to reproduction, a study said. Photo from Michael Jerrard via Unsplash As three spiky ...

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An analysis of the interior of a single bone suggests its owner was probably an aquatic or semi-aquatic animal. Since the bone has been proposed to come from an ancestor of echidnas, or at least a ...