Ollie, the Chocolate Labrador, might love the holiday as much as I do—mostly because it lets him dress as his favorite ...

"The platypus is the only venomous mammal in the world," says Zedrosser. Males have venomous spurs on their hind legs, which they use during the mating season to fight other males. The venom can't ...

With its furry body and duck-billed face, the platypus is nothing if not bizarre looking. But scientists have confirmed that its strangeness is more than skin deep — after unraveling the animal's ...

It is ironic that one of Australia's most easily recognisable animals is also one of its rarest sightings. Not because they've all but disappeared from the wild, although that's certainly true in some ...

A 26-year-old man has been charged with allegedly removing a platypus from its natural habitat in Morayfield, a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the suspect ...

Police in Australia launched a public appeal after a 26-year-old man, accompanied by a woman, was spotted on a suburban train with a wild platypus swaddled in a towel. The man, who faces court ...

The man carried the platypus around in a towel on a train and in a shopping center, police said. Queensland Police Department A 26-year-old Australian man has been charged after he was accused of ...

The French-designed Platypus is a new and immensely practical two-person electric underwater exploration concept designed to travel for eight hours above the water at 10-12 knots (18.5-22.2 km/h), or ...