Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail ...

The Sawyer Squeeze, Katadyn BeFree, and Platypus QuickDraw are competing for the ultimate fast, easy, and lightweight backpacking water filter. They all protect against protozoa and bacteria while ...

The water level can rise 2 meters overnight, and you realize what a struggle this is for the platypus. ♪♪ [ Thunder crashes ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ All this floodwater rushes down ...

The platypus, a native of eastern Australia, is a puzzling creature with features from birds, mammals, and reptiles. Male ...

In rare evolutionary event, weird platypus cousin evolved from living in water to living on land. Story by Chris Simms • 1mo. S ome of the strangest mammals on the planet just got even stranger.

Victorian scientists enlist sniffer dogs on paddleboards to locate platypuses in the wild and increase knowledge of the ...

This strategy works well for the platypus because electricity travels quickly through water. The Platypus also uses push-rod mechanoreceptors to be able to feel changes in motion and pressure.

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.