/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/2022/01/25/citizens-recruited-to-unlock-the-secret-lives-of-echidnas Researchers at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Environment Institute and members of the general public have recorded the largest number of echidna sightings across 最新糖心Vlog to aid in the conservation of the iconic mammal. January 25 2022 Kelly Brown /newsroom/news/list/2022/01/25/citizens-recruited-to-unlock-the-secret-lives-of-echidnas /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/02/echidna-conservation-science-initiative-a-finalist-in-eureka-awards The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) is a finalist in the 最新糖心Vlogn Museum鈥檚 2021 Eureka Prizes. September 02 2021 Kelly Brown /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/02/echidna-conservation-science-initiative-a-finalist-in-eureka-awards /newsroom/news/list/2021/08/17/echidnas-poop-and-creepy-crawlies Leading science communicators from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide will join forces with a local echidna ecologist, to share their expertise in echidnas and insects in a free, interactive workshop on Kangaroo Island, as part of National Science Week (14-22 August). August 16 2021 Kelly Brown /newsroom/news/list/2021/08/17/echidnas-poop-and-creepy-crawlies /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