An analysis of a 100-million-year-old fossil has found that the creature it belonged to, similar to a monotreme like the echidna and platypus, was water-dwelling. The study supports the theory ...

As the world’s only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia’s platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They are also very different from each other.

By contrast, echidna bones tend to be lighter and more hollow — consistent with a land-based lifestyle. To help settle the debate, a team of scientists turned to imaging. The pictures have tipped the ...

SYDNEY: Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said on Tuesday (Apr 29) in a new study of the peculiar egg-laying ...

Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said Tuesday in a new study of the peculiar egg-laying mammals. With powerful ...

A rumor that users circulated online in April 2025 told the story of five-time NFL Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning calming a crying baby on a long flight and later slipping the child's father ...

Amateur sumo wrestlers hold babies during Nakizumo or a baby-crying sumo contest, where two wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and determine the ...

Following a terror attack in Baisaran meadow, Abdul Waheed Wani, head of the ponywalla association, was among the first to arrive, witnessing a scene of devastation ...