Close-up of a platypus swimming in the water A platypus wandering by a roadside in Australia stabbed a woman with its venomous spurs when she attempted to lift it from a gutter. Jenny Forward was ...

PICKING "PLATYPUS"... out of the hat during Charades or a guess-the-word game? Oh goodness, you're really going to need to pause and think that one through for a minute. Because there's no other ...

When it comes to people, the platypus is pretty shy, and human encounters in the wild are rare. Here are a few people who got lucky enough to see these extraordinary creatures in the great outdoors, ...

Platypuses are peculiar animals native to Australia. They have a bill like a duck, lay eggs like chickens, swim like beavers and produce milk like cows. Their most mundane feature might be their brown ...

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 ...

Glowing in the dark will remain a platypus mystery (8 May, p 41). These animals close their eyes when swimming underwater and find prey with their sensitive “rubbery” bills. Receive a weekly dose of ...

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 ...

PICKING "PLATYPUS"... out of the hat during Charades or a guess-the-word game? Oh goodness, you're really going to need to pause and think that one through for a minute. Because there's no other ...