Researchers are lobbying Australia’s national and state ... Researchers will use the sample to study the animal’s DNA and RNA. A young platypus has just been released onto a log in McMahons ...

A platypus waddling through snow. The latest feature setting this Australian species apart, yet again, from any other living animal is a unique protein in its milk that’s been found to kill bacteria ...

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 ...

Naturalists have long been interested in the strange animals of Australia, the duck-billed platypus, spiny Australian anteater, the kangaroo, wombat, emu, casowary. Last week, Albert Sherbourne Le ...

Studying the tiny animal, a 23-year-old found in a creek in Australia, offered hope for the threatened species and clues for how to help them survive. By John Yoon The platypus, a unique egg ...

a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the suspect and animal. Police allege that the man, accompanied by a woman, took the platypus from a local waterway on ...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just ... most primitive mammals alive today. Found in Australia and New Guinea, the platypus and echidna are called monotremes, and they ...

They are widely distributed across Australia and ... more like those of the platypus. Such tiny features inside bones yield crucial clues about the lifestyle of an animal. Numerous previous ...

The animal was later released, but the authorities have been unable to find it. By Mike Ives A man in Australia is facing charges after he was accused of kidnapping a wild platypus and later ...

The pair were captured on camera holding the animal at Morayfield, about an hour north of Brisbane city An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild ...