Scientists have just unearthed the fascinating ancient monotreme dubbed the echidnapus at Australia’s Lightning Ridge, a creature that lived 100 million years ago. This ancient blend of echidna and ...

but discovering these new fossils is the first indication that Australia was previously home to a diversity of monotremes." Only five of these rare mammals still cling to existence: one platypus ...

Three experts consider what’s required to protect and conserve Australia’s natural wonders, from fighting invaders to stopping habitat loss and saving species.

Australia has the most diverse collections of living mammals in the world. No other continent has the egg-laying monotremes and the pouched marsupials living side by side with placental mammals.

And monotremes, the oldest ... just off the southern coast of Australia. While placental mammals dominate the rest of the world, evolution has taken a different turn here. On the Australian ...

Six monotremes living in the same place at the same time, 100 million years ago at Lightning Ridge, NSW. Clockwise from lower left: Opalios splendens, a newly described species dubbed an ...