The platypus, a native of eastern Australia, is a puzzling creature with features from birds, mammals, and reptiles. Male ...

"Successful and resilient." Researchers thrilled as unique species returns to national park after 50-year absence: 'There was ...

University of Adelaide researchers discovered monotremes use a completely different sex determination system than other mammals.

Platypuses only live naturally in eastern Australia and Tasmania, and there are an estimated 300,000 left in the world. In dammed rivers, they are divided into small, genetically distinct groups ...

Platypuses eat half their weight daily, and they demand live food. So every day Fleay dispenses 2,000 earthworms. 200 meal grubs, 30 crayfish, chafer grubs and crickets.

Platypuses are just plain weird. Platypuses are a little smaller than housecats and one of the odder animals to roam the earth. To start with, they're mammals that lay eggs, one of only five such ...

Like platypuses, echidnas are monotremes, which means they're mammals that lay eggs. Echidnas lay one egg at a time, and those eggs take 10 to 14 days to hatch.

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 ...

The natural world, filled with competition for resources and hostile climates, can be tough on animals. To survive, animals have had to adapt in surprising ways, like keeping their blood from ...

Platypuses are native to Australia's freshwater rivers and are part of a rare group of mammals -- the monotremes -- that lay eggs. According to the World Wildlife Fund, ...