/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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s Environment Institute and members of the general public have recorded the largest number of echidna sightings across ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) is a finalist in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Museum’s 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 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