The event, which astronomers playfully call the Platypus, could also offer a new way to understand the origins of supermassive black holes that reside at the centers of most galaxies. The ...

Despite their awkward appearance, the platypus has a superpower-like sixth sense that it uses to hunt for food. In the video above filmed by National Geographic, you can watch this incredible ...

Reclaimed. Remade. Reclayed. The legendary Platypus returns! 22 years after its first appearance, the iconic indie shoot ’em up Platypus is coming back, better than ever! Led by the original ...

Reclaimed. Remade. Reclayed. The legendary Platypus returns! 22 years after its first appearance, the iconic indie shoot ’em up Platypus is coming back, better than ever! Led by the original ...

“There is a python with a platypus in its mouth,” Elliot Bowerman’s friend called out as the two walked through a forest in Queensland, Australia. Sure enough, in the nearby creek, a two ...

Researchers have designed a robotic “artificial skin” that is as unique as the team’s animal inspiration—the platypus. Created by collaborators between China’s Tsinghua University and ...

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 ...

In short: A 24-year-old platypus found in a Melbourne creek is the oldest ever discovered in the wild Along with the recent birthday of a 30-year-old female in a Victorian zoo, scientists are ...

Zakharevich, a lifelong origami enthusiast, started thinking about this problem in 2021 after stumbling on a video that explained the Turing completeness of the Game of Life. “I was like, origami is a ...

Fast forward to the present day, and researchers from the University of New England have made an “extraordinary” discovery – a white-coloured platypus, offering undeniable proof of its ...

When swimming, the platypus uses its short, webbed front limbs and partially webbed hind limbs to propel itself through the water. Their distinctive bill is not hard like a duck’s bill but is ...