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 ...

The belly button, or navel, is a scar that forms after the umbilical cord is detached shortly after birth. The umbilical cord ...

But there’s a small and rare group of mammals that do things differently– they lay eggs! These special creatures are called monotremes, and they are some of the most unique animals in the world.

Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like a mash-up of a duck, a beaver, and an otter—with a dash of poison thrown in ...

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

New types of dinosaurs were appearing along with new types of birds. By now the three groups of mammals that we know today ...

Nick] Uniclade. - Uniclade is incorrect. It's monotreme. Monotreme. And Mad for Mammals for 30 to wrap up the category. Found in Lake Baikal in Russia, the nerpa is a rare earless freshwater ...

There are not only snakes, spiders and scorpions, but also snails, fish, caterpillars, lizards, squid and even a few mammals ... followed by monotremes (such as the platypus) 46 million years ...

Mammals must also give birth to live young, except for monotremes, which lay eggs. All female mammals can nurse their young with milk secreted from their mammary glands. Mammals are endothermic. This ...

In the 1770s, the Royal Society in London was the premier scientific institution in the world, and the eighteenth century was ...