Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal -- and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, ...

The platypus may be one of the strangest animals ever discovered. It lays eggs like a reptile, has venomous spurs, and a bill that can detect electrical signals in the water. Yet somehow, it’s still a ...

The platypus is a near-threatened species from eastern Australia and Tasmania. The platypus is considered to be a mammal because it grows hair, has mammary glands, and three bones in the middle ears.

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes called the duck-billed platypus is native to Eastern Australia and Tasmania. It is the sole-surviving member of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and ...

Baby platypuses are irresistibly cute. Their tiny bills, soft, fluffy fur, and awkward little flippers make them look like creatures from a child’s imagination. Endearing waddles and clumsy paddling ...

Studying the tiny animal, a 23-year-old found in a creek in Australia, offered hope for the threatened species and clues for how to help them survive. By John Yoon The platypus, a unique egg-laying ...

The World Health Organisation calls antibiotic resistance one of the "biggest threats" to global health today. As antibiotics become less effective against infections, mortality rates and medical ...

Stomachs evolved some 450 million years ago, but after giving this organ a test drive, on 18 separate occasions ancestors of contemporary animals switched back, reports Ed Yong on National Geographic.