Australia tried to send a live platypus across U-boat-infested waters to Britain as a diplomatic gift. The mission, part ...

For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another ...

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 ...

Never pat, hold or take an animal." The platypus, an Australian animal, remains protected by legislation in all Australian states. The creature is not endangered but is considered "near threatened ...

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 ...

For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia's unique wildlife—from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia's unique wildlife – from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct – ...

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 ...