When initial reports of a creature that combined the feet of an otter, the tail of a beaver and the bill of a duck arrived on the shores of 18th-century London, doubt was thick. Skeptics were further ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after ...

Reclaimed. Remade. Reclayed. The legendary Platypus returns! 22 years after its first appearance, the iconic indie shoot ’em up Platypus is coming back, better than ever! Led by the original creator ...

SYDNEY, July 25 (Reuters) - The world's largest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia amid ...

The police had appealed for help after the platypus was spotted at a train station in Queensland. The animal was later released, but the authorities have been unable to find it. By Mike Ives A man in ...