You already know the platypus is strange. It's the animal that lays eggs, has a duck bill, shoots venom from its ankles, and ...

Platypuses are true oddballs. They look like a mish-mash of several animals, with duck-like bills, beaver-like tails and ...

A new study dug into platypus hair and found something no one expected. In Biology Letters on March 18, 2026, researchers ...

The platypus has long been one of nature’s most bewildering creatures. It lays eggs. It has a duck-like bill and a ...

It is venomous, can sense electricity and glows under UV light. Now researchers have uncovered something else remarkable ...

The platypus is one of the most unique animals in the world. It’s a mammal, but it lays eggs. It has webbed feet, a beaver-like tail, and an otter-like snout and bill that helps it locate food ...

An adored and treasured platypus at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park passed away on Wednesday, the non-profit announced. The ...

Nearly 230 years after its discovery, the platypus is still finding new ways to baffle the scientific community.

Witness the story of Pete Walsh, a Tasmanian man who befriends a platypus he names Zoom. With the help of experts, Pete learns more about the platypus’s secret world in a mission to protect them from ...

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 platypus is the most touchy, temperamental, unpredictable animal,” says Australia’s David Fleay, and he should know. Called “the platypus man,” Fleay is the world’s leading authority on one of ...