Australia is home to some truly unique and unexpected creatures, but few are quite as strange and fascinating as the platypus ...

The platypus has a range of features that make it quite unlike any other animal. With a large bill, a paddle-like tail, webbed feet and a furry body, this funny-looking animal produces venom that ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / / IlluminaProfessor Neil Gemmell has a new plan to expand environmental DNA collection from ...

Platypus milk could help combat one of humanity's looming problems, antibiotic resistance, scientists say. The weird creatures have a duck's beak, venomous feet and are one of only two mammals ...

No, it does not, and here's why: It turns out that venomous snakes and the platypus have different duplications of the b-defensin genes. So, while co-opting these genes seems to be a common ...

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.

However, the specialized cells on the platypus’s bill allow it to pick up electric pulses. This sixth sense in the platypus is called electrolocation and it’s a highly effective method of hunting.

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, taking ...

Mr Walsh said platypus spurs and venom were some of his favourite “gadgets” as well as heat exchanging blood vessels that allow the monotreme to be in freezing waters all day. “I could last about five ...

Renowned for its bill, webbed feet and venomous spurs, the platypus is one of only two egg-laying mammals in the world.