The monotreme milk protein killed them. Deakin University's Julie Sharp said platypus babies are vulnerable to bacteria around them in the environment because they hatch from an egg and are ...

In the vast tapestry of animal life on Earth, monotremes stand out as evolutionary marvels. These rare creatures represent the only living mammals that lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young, ...

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Based on the bone's outward appearance, some think it belonged to a land-bound ancestor of modern echidnas. Others say it might have been a swimming monotreme that pre-dates both of its living kin, ...

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We present a draft genome sequence of the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. This monotreme exhibits a fascinating combination of reptilian and mammalian characters. For example, platypuses have ...

The fossil discoveries double the number of known monotreme species during this brief span of the Cretaceous Period, hinting at a bygone Age of Monotremes, mammal biologist Timothy Flannery and ...