You might know the platypus as Australia's iconic shy, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying mammal. Unfortunately, the odd animal is also struggling to survive. This is why Australia ...

The San Diego Zoo is joining an international collaboration project to ensure the survival of one of nature's truly unique animals — the platypus. Scientists with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ...

Australia is home to some truly unique and unexpected creatures, but few are quite as strange and fascinating as the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The platypus doesn’t fit into any particular ...

The world’s first platypus conservation center is now open. The initiative will serve as a beacon of hope for the semi-aquatic species whose population has been declining for decades. The Platypus ...

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 suspect ...

Platypuses are peculiar animals native to Australia. They have a bill like a duck, lay eggs like chickens, swim like beavers and produce milk like cows. Their most mundane feature might be their brown ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From high altitudes to tropical rainforests, platypuses are native to Eastern Australia. When it was first scientifically described in 1799, it was laughed at and checked for ...