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 Australia ...

The platypus is such a strange animal that it was originally thought to be an elaborate hoax by pranksters When European ...

(CNN) — A 26-year-old man has been charged with allegedly removing a platypus from its natural habitat in Morayfield, a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the ...

Biologist says specimen filmed by a Victorian fisher is ‘unusual’, but not a rare albino as some had wondered ...

In a remote river in Victoria's east, a fisherman says he has encountered an ultra-rare pink platypus, one of only a handful ...

Cody Stylianou captured video of 'Pinky' feeding at a fishing spot in Gippsland ...

Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus - one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom. The researchers, whose analysis ...

A photograph purportedly showing a baby platypus appeared on social media in July 2016, with one of the most popular versions of the image being distributed via the "Our Real Amazing World" Facebook ...

The platypus, a beloved emblem of Australia and a symbol of the strangeness of evolution, is at risk of extinction. That’s according to a new study published in the February issue of Biological ...

With its furry body and duck-billed face, the platypus is nothing if not bizarre looking. But scientists have confirmed that its strangeness is more than skin deep — after unraveling the animal's ...