Christine Cooper receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Thank you, Isabella, for your great question. When it comes to breathing, a digging mammal faces some big problems. It has to be ...

Echidnas, also called spiny anteaters, are some of the weirdest mammals in the world. They're among the only mammals that don't give birth to live babies, and they also carry their young in a pouch.

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