Andrew Nemec has covered high school sports and the recruiting landscape for more than a decade, with an emphasis on the ...

The dogs have spent seasons surveying the sanctuary’s creek systems to monitor platypus populations and help combat their ...

"Successful and resilient." Researchers thrilled as unique species returns to national park after 50-year absence: 'There was ...

"Platypus-like fossils date back 100 million years, but the oldest echidna fossils are less than 2 million years old," said Tim Flannery, a paleontologist at the Australian Museum in Sydney, ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

“There is a python with a platypus in its mouth,” Elliot Bowerman’s friend called out as the two walked through a forest in Queensland, Australia. Sure enough, in the nearby creek, a two ...

The Platypus Rescue HQ at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, got its first four animals earlier this month. Eventually, it will be able to house as many as 64.

University of Adelaide researchers discovered monotremes use a completely different sex determination system than other ...

However, the specialized cells on the platypus’s bill allow it to pick up electric pulses. This sixth sense in the platypus is called electrolocation and it’s a highly effective method of hunting.

Platypus numbers may have more than halved over several decades, research models show, but figures are hard to pinpoint. Environment groups estimate the total population between 30,000 and 300,000.

For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.