Platypus diplomacy by Australia to woo foreign countries caused intrigue and headlines. But it didn’t always end well for the ...

Former President Donald Trump potentially becoming House speaker, an idea floated by some conservatives, would be the "duck-billed platypus" of politics.

(via SciShow) Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals. But I have news for you - ...

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For the first time ever, a duck-billed platypus was born in captivity. The baby platypus was born to a pair named Jack & Jill in the Healesville animal sanctuary near Melbourne, Australia. Its ...

But what about platypuses? Surely the weirdness of the animal stops with their duck-billed, beaver-tailed, duck-footed, somehow-still-mammalian form? Oh, I wish, friend.

Science news in brief: prehistoric sea creature similar to duck-billed platypus discovered And a roundup of other stories from around the world ...

DUCK-billed, beaver-tailed, web-footed, egg-laying and venomous, the platypus is one of Mother Nature’s weird and wondrous enigmas.

The so-called prehistoric platypus certainly didn't look intelligent. Its little head was strangely out of proportion with its large body and its tiny eyes probably couldn't see much. But despite ...