Aside from the duck-billed platypus, the echidna is the only mammal that lays eggs. Of the four echidna species three have long beaks, with the Attenborough echidna, and the western echidna ...

It was understandable that this animal from Australia was believed to be fantastical given its duckbilled face, webbed feet, ...

The platypus was ultimately placed into a new order called Monotremata, alongside the four living species of echidna. Monotremes are, notably, egg-laying mammals that produce milk for their young. The ...

This group includes the platypus and four echidna species. They exhibit distinct traits like a single cloaca, egg incubation, and milk secretion through skin patches. Conservation is vital due to ...

Today, the Australian animal world is best known for its marsupials. The cloacal animals - the platypus and the echidna - are often overshadowed. However, fossil finds now show that these animals ...