Despite its odd look, the platypus is perfectly adapted to its environment. It has a furry, otter-like body, a tail the same shape as a beaver's, and a mouth reminiscent of a duck's. In his 1802 book, ...

One of only two living mammals to lay eggs, the platypus has baffled and inspired the scientific community for hundreds of years. Three years in the making, this stunning natural history film ...

WITH a tail like a beaver, a bill like a duck, and laying eggs like a reptile, it's no wonder that when British scientists ...

Thomas said the platypus enjoyed the “fine cuisine” at the Sanctuary such as worms, aquatic snails, water beetles and later ...

The pair were captured on camera holding the animal at Morayfield, about an hour north of Brisbane city An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild ...

The sequencing of the platypus genome has received a high amount of misleading press attention. What does this information really tell us about this strangely unique animal and its genetic past?

"Platypus are such weird animals that it would make sense for them to have weird biochemistry," Dr Janet Newman, from Australia's national science agency CSIRO, said. It's believed mammals evolved ...

As we know that the animal kingdom is full of varieties of venomous creatures, from Stonefish to Gila Monsters. While, some ...

In a time of hardship, Hobart resident Pete Walsh turns to the secretive platypus for solace, only to discover it is the platypus that needs his help to survive in a habitat under threat. Preview: In ...