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 ...

Platypus can glow green and hunt prey with electricity – but can’t climb dams to find a mate. This is a problem. The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one of Earth’s unique creatures. It sports a ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus — one of nature’s strangest animals with a bill like a duck’s, a mammal’s fur and snake-like venom. The ...

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) _ Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus — one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom. The ...

The researchers, whose analysis of the platypus genome was published Thursday in the journal Nature, said it could help explain how mammals, including humans, evolved from reptiles millions of years ...