New fossil evidence reveals insights into the evolution of monotremes, specifically platypuses and echidnas. A ...

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

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head.

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

Imagine an animal so baffling that the world’s best scientists once thought it was a hoax. A beast with the bill of a duck, ...

Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to disappear, according to a study ...

Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown on Friday spotted a previously undetected North Atlantic right whale mother and calf in Cape Cod Bay.

Recently, a Canadian woman ( u/hopelesslyanxious) took to the motherhood forum r/Mommit to express her fear about the ...

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 ...

Colossal squid are known to be elusive and likely avoid the bright and loud research equipment used underwater.

“They’re so elusive,” Kenny told this masthead of his unique pastime. “Not many people will see a platypus in the wild in their lifetime. So they’re probably a little bit out of ...