In 1799, when British scientists first received a platypus specimen with its duck-like bill and ability to lay eggs, they suspected it was a hoax, describing it as “some deceptive preparation by ...

In 1799, when British scientists first received a platypus specimen with its duck-like bill and ability to lay eggs, they suspected it was a hoax, describing it as “some deceptive preparation by ...

Platypuses are peculiar animals native to Australia. They have a bill like a duck, lay eggs like chickens, swim like beavers and produce milk like cows. Their most mundane feature might be their ...

Platypus vanishing as habitat is destroyed. The discovery of the white platypus has sparked a renewed call from the Australian Conservation Foundation for all platypus to be better protected.

It was a white platypus and it seemed just as keen to observe the researchers going about their work on the Gwydir River, near Armidale in the Northern Tablelands, as they were excited to see it.