The world’s first platypus conservation center is now open. The initiative will serve as a beacon of hope for the semi-aquatic species whose population has been declining for decades. The Platypus ...

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs and do not carry their young in a womb. They include species like the platypus and echidnas. Egg-laying monotremes may have retained certain traits from their ...

What on earth is a platypus? Even its name seems strange. When Europeans first heard the startling news of a newly discovered creature called the “platypus,” most of them thought it was just a joke.

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

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

If you’ve always thought echidnas and platypuses were distant cousins who went their separate ways on land and water, think again. A single fossilized arm bone, found in a remote corner of ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and ...

Linda Shearwin receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Frank Grützner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...