From its duck-like bill to its venomous spur, the platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth. Discover the bizarre ...

The platypus, a native of eastern Australia, is a puzzling creature with features from birds, mammals, and reptiles. Male ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

Studying the tiny animal, a 23-year-old found in a creek in Australia, offered hope for the threatened species and clues for how to help them survive. By John Yoon The platypus, a unique egg ...

The Platypus Rescue HQ at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, got its first four animals earlier this month. Eventually, it will be able to house as many as 64.

Under Queensland's conservation laws, it is illegal to take "one or more" platypus from the wild, with a maximum fine of Aus$430,000 (US$288,000).

Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment on April 2, 2023, and onto a train in Queensland, Australia ...

Platypus to return to Royal National Park for first time in 50 years. A beloved, webbed-foot native Australian animal has returned to one location for the first time in nearly half a century.

Venue is a platypus, a mixed-up animal. By Gabriel Chin. on Mar 29, 2023. At the oral argument in Smith v. United States, there was no dispute that in the tradition of both English and U.S. law, venue ...

Platypus milk SEEMS as extraordinary as the animal itself. In just a few months, it transforms the highly underdeveloped baby platypus – jelly bean sized, furless, limbless, blind and unable to ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.