The platypus, also known as duckbill for the shape of its mouth, is one of the oldest animals in the world. This strange animal of Australia has a mouth similar to the bill of the duck.

Everyone knows that the duck-billed platypus is pretty strange. But it seems this mammal's eccentricities extend beyond its famous bill, and habit of laying eggs, to the way its genes determine ...

Nature Reviews Genetics - Platypus: the stranger sexxxxx. ... W. et al. Resolution and evolution of the duck-billed platypus karyotype with an X1Y1X2Y2X3Y3X4Y4X5Y5 male sex chromosome constitution.

Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail ...

Platypuses are one of the few mammals to lay eggs, the others being spiny anteaters of Australia and New Guinea. A female platypus lays 1 to 3 eggs, usually 2, that she curls around in a burrow ...

Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like a mash-up of a duck, a beaver, and an otter—with a dash of poison thrown in ...

The platypus is arguably one of the most distinct animals on the planet. Here are a few things you might not have known about this quirky creature. 1. Platypuses don’t have stomachs.

The “duckbill” isn’t like a duck’s bill at all—duck bills are hard and hornlike, while the platypus bill is soft and rubbery and extremely sensitive to both touch and electrical currents.