"Successful and resilient." Researchers thrilled as unique species returns to national park after 50-year absence: 'There was ...

The platypus isn't the only venomous mammal, and it isn't the only egg-laying mammal (the four species of echidna lay eggs, too), but the trait is unusual. We don't know much about the life cycle ...

The world's largest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia amid threats to its habitat from ...

A snowy platypus encounter in Tasmania’s winter wonderland! Explore its unique habitat and how this animal thrives in icy water with waterproof fur.

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 ...

A snowy platypus encounter in Tasmania’s winter wonderland! Explore its unique habitat and how this animal thrives in icy water with waterproof fur.

A snowy platypus encounter in Tasmania’s winter wonderland! Explore its unique habitat and how this animal thrives in icy water with waterproof fur.

A snowy platypus encounter in Tasmania’s winter wonderland! Explore its unique habitat and how this animal thrives in icy water with waterproof fur.

University of Adelaide researchers discovered monotremes use a completely different sex determination system than other mammals.

A snowy platypus encounter in Tasmania’s winter wonderland! Explore its unique habitat and how this animal thrives in icy water with waterproof fur.

A snowy platypus encounter in Tasmania’s winter wonderland! Explore its unique habitat and how this animal thrives in icy water with waterproof fur.

Along with echidnas, the platypus belongs to a small group of egg-laying mammals called monotremes. Eric Chan/Flickr/CC BY 2.0. The platypus isn't the only venomous mammal, and it isn't the only ...