Imagine an animal so baffling that the world’s best scientists once thought it was a hoax. A beast with the bill of a duck, ...

A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

The platypus has small, sharp spurs on its hind limbs that it uses to inject defensive poisons into predators, an unusual feature not found in other mammals. Where did these venoms come from?

They use these sounds to communicate with one another, as well as to try and ward off predators or other animals that may be ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most ...

Six more platypuses will be released in an effort to address increased threats to the animal due to habitat destruction, river degradation, feral predators and extreme weather. A recent survey ...

interactions with humans and feral predators, and climate change. This is especially true for platypuses . To ensure the survival of this ancient lineage, we need to better understand how their ...