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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology PuzzleAn artist's illustration of a Giant long-beaked echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) wandering around ancient Australia.

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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology PuzzleAn artist's illustration of a Giant long-beaked echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) wandering around ancient Australia.
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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology Puzzle

clock-iconApril 17, 2026

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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Stinga Duck-billed platypus swimming in a lake.

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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Stinga Duck-billed platypus swimming in a lake.
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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Sting

clock-iconSeptember 10, 2025

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Many Mammals Have Evolved To Be Semi-Aquatic. Curiously, Echidnas May Have Gone The Other Wayclose up photo of echidna in the Australian bush

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Many Mammals Have Evolved To Be Semi-Aquatic. Curiously, Echidnas May Have Gone The Other Wayclose up photo of echidna in the Australian bush
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Many Mammals Have Evolved To Be Semi-Aquatic. Curiously, Echidnas May Have Gone The Other Way

clock-iconApril 28, 2025
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How The Platypus Lost Its StomachPlatypus swimming in the water

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How The Platypus Lost Its StomachPlatypus swimming in the water
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How The Platypus Lost Its Stomach

clock-iconJuly 3, 2024
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"Echidnapus" Among Three New Species That Reveal A Lost Land Of The MonotremesArtist's reconstruction of the six monotreme species known from Lightning Ridge: Clockwise from lower left: Opalios splendens, a newly described species dubbed an ‘echidnapus’; Stirtodon elizabethae, the largest monotreme of the time; Kollikodon ritchiei, with hot-cross-bun shaped molars; Steropodon galmani, now known from additional opalised fossils; Parvopalus clytiei, the smallest monotreme of the time; and Dharragarra aurora, the earliest known species of platypus.

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"Echidnapus" Among Three New Species That Reveal A Lost Land Of The MonotremesArtist's reconstruction of the six monotreme species known from Lightning Ridge: Clockwise from lower left: Opalios splendens, a newly described species dubbed an ‘echidnapus’; Stirtodon elizabethae, the largest monotreme of the time; Kollikodon ritchiei, with hot-cross-bun shaped molars; Steropodon galmani, now known from additional opalised fossils; Parvopalus clytiei, the smallest monotreme of the time; and Dharragarra aurora, the earliest known species of platypus.
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"Echidnapus" Among Three New Species That Reveal A Lost Land Of The Monotremes

clock-iconMay 27, 2024
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Attenborough's Long-Beaked Echidna Rediscovered After 60 Years – See The First Ever FootageAttenborough’s long-beaked echidna in a black and white camera trap image looking off to the right of the image

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Attenborough's Long-Beaked Echidna Rediscovered After 60 Years – See The First Ever FootageAttenborough’s long-beaked echidna in a black and white camera trap image looking off to the right of the image
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Attenborough's Long-Beaked Echidna Rediscovered After 60 Years – See The First Ever Footage

clock-iconNovember 10, 2023
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Echidnas Recorded Making Dove-Like Calls And Strange Grunts In Adorable FirstEchidnas just became even more adorable with the news they make sounds when in love.

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Echidnas Recorded Making Dove-Like Calls And Strange Grunts In Adorable FirstEchidnas just became even more adorable with the news they make sounds when in love.
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Echidnas Recorded Making Dove-Like Calls And Strange Grunts In Adorable First

clock-iconOctober 2, 2023
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Australian Platypus And Echidna Actually Come From The Antarctic Circle, Scientists Discoverarticle image

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Australian Platypus And Echidna Actually Come From The Antarctic Circle, Scientists Discoverarticle image
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Australian Platypus And Echidna Actually Come From The Antarctic Circle, Scientists Discover

clock-iconMay 6, 2022
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How Plant And Reptile DNA Got Into Your Genesarticle image

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How Plant And Reptile DNA Got Into Your Genesarticle image
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How Plant And Reptile DNA Got Into Your Genes

clock-iconJuly 9, 2018

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How The Milk Of The Humble Platypus Could Help Us Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugsarticle image

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How The Milk Of The Humble Platypus Could Help Us Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugsarticle image
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How The Milk Of The Humble Platypus Could Help Us Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

clock-iconMarch 15, 2018