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, ...

You might think you know why the platypus is a bizarre beast. Maybe you know that it lays eggs, that the males have venomous spurs on their ankles, and that it can sense electricity with its bill. But ...

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 ...

Native to the rivers and freshwater creeks of eastern Australia, its venom is the lesser-known feature that sets the platypus ...

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.

Australian authorities have charged a man after he allegedly stole a platypus from the wild and took it onto public transit. The unnamed 26-year-old man faces a fine of up to A$430,000 ($288,500) ...

The platypus, a unique mammal, possesses a venom system in adult males delivered via hind leg spurs. This venom, primarily for social dominance, cause ...

A man has been charged with illegally taking a platypus from the wild and parading it at a local shopping centre, as fears grow for the animal's wellbeing. The 26-year-old unnamed man was captured on ...

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 ...

Life for the duck-billed platypus has never seemed easy. With its bizarre bird-like beak, mammalian fur and reptilian gait and egg-laying habits, the platypus long mystified natural historians, who ...

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 ...