The platypus is one of the most mysterious members of the animal world. Even in the 21st century, there is still so much we ...

Platypus diplomacy by Australia to woo foreign countries caused intrigue and headlines. But it didn’t always end well for the ...

A platypus at Australia's Healesville Sanctuary had the chance to try out a pool recently installed as part of a new platypus conservation center at the zoo.

Victorian scientists enlist sniffer dogs on paddleboards to locate platypuses in the wild and increase knowledge of the ...

The platypus has been reintroduced into Australia’s oldest national park for the first time in half a century. It’s part of a landmark conservation project to protect the animals amid ...

The upshot is what Mr Alexander calls a platypus model. Just like its egg-laying mammal, Australia defies the categorisers by being neither small-government and inequality-tolerant, ...

A 26-year-old man has been charged with allegedly removing a platypus from its natural habitat in Morayfield, a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the ...

Item 1 of 5 A platypus is released by CEO of Taronga Zoo Cameron Kerr and Scientists back into Sydney's Royal National Park for the first time in over fifty years, in Sydney, Australia, May 12, 2023.

Platypus, and their spiky echidna cousins, are monotremes — the only mammals that lay eggs. Around 180 million years ago, when all mammals were furry critters scurrying under the feet of ...