What on earth is a Platypus? Even its name seems strange, though not nearly as strange as the animal it belongs to. When ...

Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, and webbed feet, that also lays eggs and produces venom.

Ostensibly, it is very similar to the Firebirds of today that we all know and love, save for the platypus-bill-like headstock from which this forgotten design gets its name. This particular model ...

When swimming, the platypus uses its short, webbed front limbs and partially webbed hind limbs to propel itself through the water. Their distinctive bill is not hard like a duck’s bill but is ...

I couldn't believe it the first time that this platypus just zoomed right up to me and put her bill out of the water and started wiggling it, as if she was trying to say something. The more I saw ...

Since platypuses are more active at night, most research on the curious animals takes place between sunset and sunrise. Tahneal Hawke draws blood from the bill of an anesthetized platypus ...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor.

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.

Known for its bill, webbed feet, and venomous spurs, the platypus is one of only two egg-laying mammals globally and spends most of its time in the water at night. Due to its reclusive nature and ...