Here are a few things you might not have known about this quirky creature. Platypuses (platypodes and platypi are technically also correct, but much rarer in use) aren’t the only animals to forgo an ...

Two male platypuses have been caught on camera fighting for territory in Tasmania, Australia. Esme Atkinson, who filmed the video, said the animals were “ferocious” and showed no signs of ...

An adorable bébé platypus has become a ‘yuge beacon of hope, as her discovery marked a massive milestone in New South Wales‘ first-ever translocation program for platypuses. In amazing news ...

You’ll find most of these types of milk in your grocery store. But are they all truly milk—and what is the true nature of ...

It's just that we primates share more derived characters, or synapomorphies, with mice than with platypuses because we are more closely related, and the mix of characters in mice is therefore more ...

For example, the first mammals evolved out of the reptilian order Therapsida. These early creatures also laid eggs, much like today’s monotremes (platypuses and echidnas), however the process with ...

When we think about fascinating animals, we tend to focus on places like Africa, Australia and the deep blue sea with their laughing hyenas, duckbill platypuses and giant squids, respectively.