The platypus isn’t just strange, it’s one of the most scientifically baffling animals on Earth. With the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, the feet of an otter, and the ability to lay eggs ...

Researchers worked with Indigenous Rangers to map life in 34 estuaries across NSW using environmental DNA - and made a host of unexpected discoveries.

Of the successful projects we found, there were common themes, such as artificial nest boxes, supplementary feeding, predator control and community engagement.

Baby Platypus swimming. Image via Pixabay In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Mammalia, scientists have revealed the astonishing revelation that platypuses exhibit biofluorescence. But ...

The platypus is well adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle, spending up to 20 hours a day swimming in Australian waterways to forage for freshwater invertebrates The Conversation Feature ...

In this scenario, the modern platypus lineage has retained the ancestral semi-aquatic burrowing lifestyle for more than 100 million years. Echidnas would have reverted to a land-based way of life ...

Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like a mash-up of a duck, a beaver, and an otter—with a dash of poison thrown in ...

However, the specialized cells on the platypus’s bill allow it to pick up electric pulses. This sixth sense in the platypus is called electrolocation and it’s a highly effective method of hunting.

Platypus ecologist Joshua Griffiths told Yahoo News it was the first time he'd seen evidence of a snake predating a platypus. "I guess we've always thought large snakes are a potential predator ...

When illuminated by ultraviolet (UV) light—a portion of the light spectrum invisible to the human eye—platypus fur emanates a mesmerizing blue-green glow. The lead author of the study, Paula Anich, ...