The dogs have spent seasons surveying the sanctuary’s creek systems to monitor platypus populations and help combat their risk of extinction.

Have You Ever Wondered... Do any mammals lay eggs? What are some of the unique characteristics of the platypus? What is a monotreme?

Baleen whales filter feed with baleen plates, and platypuses grind food with gravel. In nature, we usually think of teeth as a must-have for survival, used to bite, chew, tear, or grind food.

We know platypuses and echidnas don't use the same toolkit as other mammals to develop male and female embryos, and the mystery of how they did it might've been solved.

The Extraordinary Platypus: Defying Classification Platypus. Image via Unsplash The duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) belongs to a small group of mammals called monotremes. While nearly ...

Platypuses possess an extraordinary superpower: electroreception, the ability to detect electrical fields underwater with astonishing precision. Unlike other mammals that rely primarily on vision, ...

Peabody Energy subsidiary Metropolitan Collieries has injected $630,000 into the University of New South Wales' Platypus Conservation Initiative to fund a second round of reintroductions of the iconic ...

Peabody Energy subsidiary Metropolitan Collieries has injected $630,000 into the University of New South Wales' Platypus Conservation Initiative to fund a second ...

The secret lives of some of Australia's most unique wildlife like koalas, kangaroos and platypuses are being revealed through a new, publicly available 3D image collection of their bones.