The platypus sports fur like a mammal, paddles its duck feet like a bird and lays eggs in the manner of a reptile. Nature's instruction manual for this oddball, it turns out, is just as much of a ...

In decoding the genome of the platypus, a team of researchers from the United States, Australia, England, Germany, Israel, Japan, Spain and New Zealand has revealed important information that will ...

For six years the earnest curators of New York’s Bronx Zoo have busied themselves with the delicate problem of platypus family life. Platypus reproduction is a baffling business, for platypuses are ...

Adult males measure 15.7 to 24.8 inches long from the tip of their bill to the tip of their tail and weigh 1.7 to 6.6 pounds. Females are smaller than males, measuring 14.5 to 21.6 inches in length ...

Three male platypuses were found in surveys last week at McKenzie Creek Two were previously undiscovered juveniles Ecology Australia says the platypuses are moving into new areas Scientific surveys ...

Robyn Williams: One of the most beautiful new books, to look at and to hold, is combined with one of the most intriguing tales of Australian science. It cuts through so much of the debate over the ...

A Tasmanian man befriends a platypus while protecting the species from urban development. Witness the story of Pete Walsh, a Tasmanian man who befriends a platypus he names Zoom. With the help of ...

The habitat of the platypus has shrunk by almost a quarter in just three decades, researchers have warned. An egg-laying mammal known for its duck-like bill, the platypus is found in river systems in ...

Australia’s emerging pattern of severe mega bushfires and heavy rainfall may be driving platypuses from their homes, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has shown. Analysis of platypus ...