A file photo of a swimming ... underwater. "Platypuses are arguably the most irreplaceable mammal," Mijangos said. The study's authors have recommended the introduction of strategies to promote ...

Now add venom, eggs, and underwater electro-sensing into the mix, and you have the platypus—a creature that tears up the rulebook of biology and throws it in the river. This oddball from ...

Several short videos show the rare animal floating along the surface of the river before quickly diving out of sight with a splash. In one video, the platypus appears to swim almost directly ...

Tasmania, the island state of Australia, sits about 150 miles south of the mainland and was hit with a “ cold snap ” that “brought some decent snowfall ” to its higher regions at the end of May, ...

Pete Walsh is a Tasmanian obsessed with one of nature’s least understood creatures, the platypus. An egg-laying, duck-billed, venom-spined, furry-coated underwater mammal, the platypus ...

along with the nearby Severn River regulated by a large dam. The study found that large dams are significant barriers to platypus movements. This was reflected in greater genetic differentiation ...

Bloop the white platypus was first spotted in the Gwydir River in 2021 Its white colour is due to the genetic abnormality leucism The animal became the 13th documented sighting of a white ...