Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail ...

A forgotten PSP game from 2006 is making a new return with a new multi-platform remake almost 20 years later.

Many vertebrates have ditched the organ, including the platypus, but also its fellow monotremes the echidnas and an estimated 20 to 27 percent of teleosts, a group that contains the vast majority ...

A flash of light called the Platypus has hallmarks of a mid-sized black hole shredding a star and a type of burst thought to be a stellar explosion.

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

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 ...

Platypus Craft's new electric catamaran allows seafers to cruise above or below the water. The 28-foot semi-submersible could launch by early 2025.

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 ...

Researchers have designed a robotic “ artificial skin ” that is as unique as the team’s animal inspiration—the platypus. Created by collaborators between China’s Tsinghua University and ...

The Author of a Book About the Ducks-Beavers Football Rivalry Talks Platypus and Pep Talks An interview with Kerry Eggers from 2014.

But the platypus, as it was soon realised, was not among these. How the platypus got its name George Shaw, keeper of the natural history collections at the British Museum (which were to later become ...