Some creatures made it from the prehistoric era to today. Discover 5 species that have survived since the age of dinosaurs.

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

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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 ...

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

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The platypus defies nearly every rule of mammalian biology, and even today, its strangeness continues to astonish scientists and nature lovers alike. Dive into the wild world of the platypus, where ...

While mammals commonly evolve from land to water, such as whales, dolphins, dugongs, seals, walruses, otters and beavers, it is "extremely rare" for the process to reverse, said the study's lead ...

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

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most ...

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