This rebellious little monotreme has evolved one of the strangest collections of traits in the animal kingdom. It swims, it lays eggs, it produces milk. It hunts using electroreception. It also has ...

The Meander Valley Council in Tasmania's north have begun works to avoid further erosion on a flood-prone riverbank. But local residents are concerned the works, involving an excavator, have destroyed ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The platypus offers a useful lesson in conservation: before acting, ...

Platypuses reintroduced to Australia’s oldest national park are breeding and appear to be on a good population trajectory with 20 known individuals now, scientists say. For more than 50 years, the ...

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have confirmed a reintroduced platypus population in Royal National Park has now grown to 20 known individuals, following the release of four additional animals and a new ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

It's nearly last call for a brewery in the heart of Houston. After nine years in business, Platypus Brewing at 1902 Washington Ave. will be closing on May 31. In a social media post, Platyupus owners ...

Mixologist Anthony Saputo in a photo announcing his 2019 hire at The Midwestern. One of the city’s most acclaimed bars appears to be in trouble—with rent past due and one co-founder facing criminal ...

Australia's platypus, one of the world's most enigmatic animals, had a more exotic origin story, according to an exciting discovery by Flinders University paleontologists. They have described rare ...

Artist’s impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. Australia’s platypus, ...

They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes. Yet the humble platypus, a small creature which quietly swims in the rivers of eastern ...