/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2024/07/23/monotremes-are-unique-inside-and-out The identification of a key gene in monotremes has increased our understanding of why the stomachs of platypuses and echidnas are atypically small, non-acidic, and, in the instance of platypuses, lack a pyloric sphincter. July 23 2024 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2024/07/23/monotremes-are-unique-inside-and-out /newsroom/news/list/2021/01/12/genomes-reveal-new-insights-into-iconic-aussie-animals The genomes of egg-laying monotreme mammals, platypus and echidna, have been published in the prestigious journal Nature. January 12 2021 Robyn Mills /newsroom/news/list/2021/01/12/genomes-reveal-new-insights-into-iconic-aussie-animals