In 2008, scientists deciphered the entire DNA of the duck-billed platypus and determined that, in accordance with the ...

For the first time ever, a duck-billed platypus was born in captivity. The baby platypus was born to a pair named Jack & Jill in the Healesville animal sanctuary near Melbourne, Australia.

Another shooting trip brings down one of the most bizarre creatures Darwin has ever encountered -- a web-footed, duck-billed platypus. "I consider it a great feat, to be in at the death of so ...

There are only five known monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, according to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. These are the duck-billed platypus and four species of echidna.