One critter was enjoying the fresh-fallen snow as Eastwell passed by on a walk, he said. Eastwell noticed the creature ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of Australia’s most iconic animals is being driven from its home by a climate-fuelled cycle of mega bushfires and heavy rainfall, a new study shows. The platypus lives exclusively in eastern ...

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 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 ...