One particularly interesting specialization in the platypus is the evolution of venoms. The platypus has small, sharp spurs on its hind limbs that it uses to inject defensive poisons into ...

Scientists believe that at some point during platypus evolution, the mammal lost its teeth to make room for the many nerve cells needed to send information from its bill to its brain. While the ...

Males also have a pair of venomous spurs on their hind feet, but they don't use them for traditional attack or defence. Watch the Museum's venom evolution expert, Dr Ronald Jenner, explore the toxic ...

SYCP3Y is duplicated from autosomes and expanded in both platypus and echidna, suggesting that the gene expansion may be associated with the evolution of the sex chromosome complex or play a role ...

SYCP3Y is duplicated from autosomes and expanded in both platypus and echidna, suggesting that the gene expansion may be associated with the evolution of the sex chromosome complex or play a role ...