The duck-billed platypus is close to being wiped out permanently partly due to climate change, scientists have warned. Increasing numbers of the unique animal are becoming stranded as rivers dry up, ...

Just when you thought you knew how mammalian digestion works, you come across an animal that breaks all the rules. Meet the duck-billed platypus, a unique creature described as a ‘living fossil’ by ...

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Scientists have sequenced the duck-billed platypus' genome. And it's as messed up as the animal itself.<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip ...

You can’t make a mammal-ette without laying some eggs. The duck-billed platypus wasn’t the only mammal to lay eggs. Analysis of a fossil in South Africa proves that our mammalian ancestors were ...

(via SciShow) Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals. But I have news for you - ...

Platypuses are back at Australia’s oldest national park after disappearing from it roughly 50 years ago. On Friday, wildlife officials released four females inside Royal National Park, located south ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The duck-billed platypus feeds mainly on aquatic invertebrates that it catches in the water. It carries them back to the surface ...