The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor.

Last summer, locals in villages close to a small forest were left terrified after a series of attacks by “a strange animal" that "ate the intestines, liver, and lungs of dogs”. This ferocious ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...