Platypus Evolution is a mobile clicker game for Android and iOS where you evolve platypuses into various different crazy creatures and document them in your Platypedia.

Evolution of platypuses and echidnas tell the story of mammals A cross-section comparison shows (from left) a Kryoryctes (A), platypus (B) and echidna (C) humerus bone. Hand et al.

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 ...

The platypus and echidna, often regarded as some of the most peculiar animals on Earth, may be hiding a far more complex evolutionary story than scientists initially believed. Recent findings from ...

Is the platypus in evolutionary transition, or is it an anomaly in evolution? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better ...

(Related: "Platypus Genome Reveals Secrets of Mammalian Evolution.") Evolutionary Split Mammal-like reptiles diverged from the lineage they shared with birds and reptiles about 280 million years ago.

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. ... Scientists believe that at some point during platypus evolution, ...

Brown, S. Top billing for platypus at end of evolution tree. Nature News 453, 138 (2008) (link to article) Warren, W. C., et al. Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution.

The nickname 'platypus fish' stems from the fish's long beak, which resembles that of its mammal namesake, but the comparisons stop there. When paleontologist Gavin Young pulled several fossil ...

Evolution of platypuses and echidnas tell the story of mammals A cross-section comparison shows (from left) a Kryoryctes (A), platypus (B) and echidna (C) humerus bone. Hand et al.

Despite their awkward appearance, the platypus has a superpower-like sixth sense that it uses to hunt. With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, ...