The platypus is arguably one of the most distinct animals on the planet. Here are a few things you might not have known about this quirky creature. Platypuses (platypodes and platypi are ...

This meant that certain distinguishing features, such as mammary glands, were not obvious. The platypus was ultimately placed into a new order called Monotremata, alongside the four living species of ...

Furthermore, there are also differences between the two monotreme groups that separates the echidnas and from the platypus families. In male echidna there are nine sex chromosomes while platypus ...

Aside from the duck-billed platypus, the echidna is the only mammal that lays eggs. Of the four echidna species three have long beaks, with the Attenborough echidna, and the western echidna ...

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 ...