For such small, unusual mammals, platypuses have been known to snuffle, squeak, coo, and even growl when vocalizing.

For one thing, we don’t have an antivenom for platypus venom—something that the occasional platypus victim would certainly appreciate.

Australian police are hunting for a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment and onto a train where he showed it off to commuters.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with allegedly removing a platypus from its natural habitat in Morayfield, a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the ...

The San Diego Zoo is joining an international collaboration project to ensure the survival of one of nature’s truly unique animals — the platypus.

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 survey ...

T he San Diego Zoo Safari Park is home to the only platypus outside of Australia, which makes the wildlife alliance the perfect partners for the Taronga Zoo's platypus conservation project.

Annie the platypus during a press call at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. Taronga Conservation Society Australia announced the world's first platypus refuge, a bid to save the animal from ...

Claymatic has announced side-scrolling shoot ’em up remake Platypus Reclayed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). A release date was not announced.

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 disappearing from ...

London: Victorian-era platypus and echidna specimens that proved beyond doubt to the world that mammals laid eggs have been discovered in storage at Cambridge’s University Museum of Zoology ...