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When the touchscreen crept back into cars in the 2000s, principally for navigation, it came with a warning not to operate it ...
5 fast facts about echidnas. Echidna spines are actually a special type of hair.; Echidnas don't have very good vision, but they have a strong sense of smell and hearing.; When they feel ...
The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of mammals called "monotremes" (with the platypus as the other prominent ...
A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.
For 12 long days we were assailed with an unfamiliar and ugly term, which spread faster than COVID's Omicron strain. As the ...
The juvenile echidna, believed to have become stranded on a rapidly shrinking chunk of land before braving an ocean swim to the mainland, spent weeks in care.
Echidna microbiome changes while moms nurse puggle, research reveals. Research from the University of Adelaide shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while ...
A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.