Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: These platypuses are waddling into what researchers hope is something like paradise. There are streams, waterfalls, and ...

SYDNEY, Australia – Platypuses are at risk of extinction due to Australia’s devastating droughts and other threats, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of New South Wales ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's platypus is under severe stress as the continent's prolonged drought dries up river beds, leaving one of the world's most peculiar animals fighting for its existence, ...

SYDNEY, July 25 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Australias unique platypus population is shrinking under pressure from agriculture and pollution, putting the egg-laying mammals future in doubt, researchers said in a report published Thursday. A ...