Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have ...

Solutions start with awareness and action, especially since some of these heartbreaking deaths might be unintentional. It's ...

You might know the platypus as Australia's iconic shy, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying mammal. Unfortunately, the odd animal is also struggling to survive. This is why Australia ...

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 ...

A team led by researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia has established a new platypus colony in the Royal National Park on the banks of the Hacking River outside of Sydney for ...

The suspected platypus thief could face a maximum penalty of $431,250. LONDON -- Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its ...

(CNN) — 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 Oregon football rivalry with Oregon State is a bit more uncertain these days. That's what happens when the Ducks fly away ...

It's the Platypus Trophy, and precisely like its namesake, it has spent the past 66 years stealthily burrowing its way in and ...

Police in Australia launched a public appeal after a 26-year-old man, accompanied by a woman, was spotted on a suburban train with a wild platypus swaddled in a towel. The man, who faces court ...