As ugly-cute as they are, platypuses are not kind and cuddly. The males are one of the only venomous mammals, equipped with sharp spurs on their hind feet that are covered with a clear, ...

You might know the platypus as Australia's iconic shy, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying mammal. Unfortunately, the odd animal is also struggling to survive. This is why ...

When mating, platypus put their bill on each other’s tail, like they’re in a trance, in what filmmaker Pete Walsh dubbed the "platypus love donut." ...

Throughout its lifetime, the platypus’s spurs had worn down to half their length, to 9.5 millimeters from 19, Mr. Williams said. The observation opened the possibility that scientists could use ...

Male platypuses also have venomous spurs on their hind feet, making them dangerous for humans to handle. “If you are lucky enough to see a platypus in the wild, keep your distance.

Item 1 of 5 A platypus is released by CEO of Taronga Zoo Cameron Kerr and Scientists back into Sydney's Royal National Park for the first time in over fifty years, in Sydney, Australia, May 12, 2023.

Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment on April 2, 2023, and onto a train in Queensland, Australia ...

Under Queensland's conservation laws, it is illegal to take "one or more" platypus from the wild, with a maximum fine of Aus$430,000 (US$288,000).

The platypus was released back into a river, police said, and it has not been found by authorities to confirm its condition. The man was charged with one count of taking a protected animal and one ...

An unnamed man faces a $288,500 fine for taking a platypus, a protected animal, out of its wild habitat, and a woman he was seen with will cooperate in the investigation.

Male platypuses also have venomous spurs on their hind feet, making them dangerous for humans to handle. “If you are lucky enough to see a platypus in the wild, keep your distance.