The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal -- and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, ...

When cuteness was being handed out, the platypus was out partying. When he eventually showed up, covered in body glitter, all that remained in the animal anatomy box were the body part equivalents of ...

Now, researchers have found that the genome that underlies these disparate traits is as diverse as the platypus itself. “The platypus genome, like the animal itself, is an amazing amalgam of ...

The platypus isn’t just a strange animal — it’s a puzzle piece that shouldn’t exist. It lays eggs like a reptile, has fur ...

The Taronga Zoo Conservation Society plans to release platypus, koalas, spotted quols, and the Endangered regent honeyeater ...

In a collaborative project between NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, UNSW Sydney and WWF-Australia, five female platypus have been released into the ...

The platypus is a near-threatened species from eastern Australia and Tasmania. The platypus is considered to be a mammal because it grows hair, has mammary glands, and three bones in the middle ears.

The young platypus was stuck on a concrete bridge, frantically searching for safety as flood water thundered below. Onlookers followed her with phone cameras. Footage of the lost little creature went ...

Police are searching for a platypus believed to have been taken from its natural habitat on Tuesday morning. It's alleged the animal was taken from the wild in Queensland's Moreton district at about ...

Platypus populations across Australia are being put at risk of extinction, with a recent drought having a severe impact on the iconic species. "They're all dead, they're gone," one conservationist ...