Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypuses are monotremes, one of the oldest branches of mammals, and they reproduce by laying eggs instead of giving birth to ...

The San Diego Zoo is joining an international collaboration project to ensure the survival of one of nature's truly unique animals — the platypus. Scientists with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Australia’s iconic platypus is under threat as climate change hits the country hard. Intense heat and longer droughts are parching waterways that ...

What on earth is a platypus? Even its name seems strange. When Europeans first heard the startling news of a newly discovered creature called the “platypus,” most of them thought it was just a joke.

A female platypus, dubbed Zoom, preps a nesting site after the mating season. A female platypus, dubbed Zoom, preps a nesting site after the mating season. Female platypus can dig up to 30 feet into ...

“The platypus is the most touchy, temperamental, unpredictable animal,” says Australia’s David Fleay, and he should know. Called “the platypus man,” Fleay is the world’s leading authority on one of ...