Adult males measure 15.7 to 24.8 inches long from the tip of their bill to the tip of their tail and weigh 1.7 to 6.6 pounds. Females are smaller than males, measuring 14.5 to 21.6 inches in length ...

The platypus has such a bizarre mix of features that the first samples sent back to Europe were examined for signs of fraud—biologists suspected a trickster had stitched together pieces of different ...

The platypus is found only in Australia, where it spends most of its life swimming in freshwater ponds and streams. Its incredibly sensitive bird-like bill contains thousands of electroreceptors.

The platypuses were selected from different areas to ensure genetic diversity. "The iconic platypus is under immense pressure. The work that has gone into this project to get to the point of releasing ...

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 ...

The platypus is one of the most unique animals in the world. It’s a mammal, but it lays eggs. It has webbed feet, a beaver-like tail, and an otter-like snout and bill that helps it locate food ...

The platypus is one of the most mysterious members of the animal world. Even in the 21st century, there is still so much we don’t know about them. This “odd duck” was once so mysterious that it was ...

Luis Mijangos receives funding from UNSW Canberra, Australian Research Council, Taronga Conservation Society, and the Australian Government’s Environmental Water Holder. The platypus is one of Earth’s ...

WHEN news reached London of a mole-like animal with webbed feet and a duck’s bill, many people thought it was a hoax. It was the late 18th century, Britain had just begun colonising Australia and the ...

Australia is home to some truly unique and unexpected creatures, but few are quite as strange and fascinating as the platypus ...