Platypus habitat shrinks by almost a quarter as scientists warn species now ‘threatened’ Recent droughts, reduced rainfall and intense fires linked to climate change playing role in loss of ...

The habitat of the platypus has shrunk by almost a quarter in just three decades, researchers have warned. An egg-laying mammal known for its duck-like bill, the platypus is found in river systems ...

Albany Creek tested positive for platypus DNA in 2017. (ABC Radio Brisbane: Hailey Renault)Even though they're hard to spot, Ms Brunt said that didn't mean they were immune to the impacts of ...

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 ...

Platypus 'may disappear' as habitat cut by more than a fifth in last 30 years Droughts caused by climate change, dam-building and land clearance for farming are to blame, say researchers ...

In short: Conservationists are worried plans to remediate an eroded creek's bank will destroy platypus habitat in Sydney's west. Sydney Water has been ordered to remedy the bank on land held by a ...

An egg-laying mammal known for its duck-like bill, the platypus is found in river systems in eastern Australia. But human intervention in those waterways, bad droughts and introduced predators ...

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 ...

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