Don’t pet the platypus. I know it’s tempting: Given the chance, I’d want to stroke their thick brown fur, tickle those big webbed feet, and pat that funny duck bill. And why not? What harm ...

Male platypuses also have venomous spurs on their hind feet, making them dangerous for humans to handle. “If you are lucky enough to see a platypus in the wild, keep your distance.

Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment on April 2, 2023, and onto a train in Queensland, Australia ...

The platypus has a beaver-like tail, waterproof fur, a flat bill and webbed feet like a duck. They are mammals, but lay eggs, and have lived for thousands of years in eastern Australia and Tasmania.

The world's oldest living wild platypus (not pictured) is nearly 24 years old. Manuel Romaris via Getty Images. When Geoff Williams found and tagged a one-year-old male platypus as part of a ...

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.

Australian authorities have charged a man after he allegedly stole a platypus from the wild and took it onto public transit. The unnamed 26-year-old man faces a fine of up to A$430,000 ($288,500 ...

Read Story Transcript. The Australian platypus is a sight to behold, with a duck-like bill, webbed feet and body like a beaver. But you're unlikely to see the at-risk mammal in the wild.

Forget the Hollywood thriller Snakes on a Plane, an Australian man is in trouble for taking a platypus on a train.. Police launched a public appeal after the 26-year-old man, accompanied by a ...

Platypus numbers may have more than halved over several decades, research models show, but figures are hard to pinpoint. Environment groups estimate the total population between 30,000 and 300,000.

SYDNEY — The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after ...