Reader Photos
A stroll before the storm
A curious echidna checks out a smorgasbord of ants in central Victoria.
Tag: monotreme
Wildlife
Did sex drive mammal evolution? How one species became two
How new species are created is at the core of the theory of evolution. Mammals may be a good example of how sex chromosome change drove major groups apart.
On This Day
On this day: The world first sees a live platypus
Stuffed platypus specimens had been viewed with incredulity for more than a century until a live animal was exhibited outside of Australia
AustroPalaeo
Prehistoric platypuses with bite
The discovery of a prehistoric, supersized, carnivorous platypus helps to fill in the family history of this unusual and iconic Aussie species.