(CNN) — 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 ...

Baby platypuses are irresistibly cute. Their tiny bills, soft, fluffy fur, and awkward little flippers make them look like creatures from a child’s imagination. Endearing waddles and clumsy paddling ...

The platypus, a beloved emblem of Australia and a symbol of the strangeness of evolution, is at risk of extinction. That’s according to a new study published in the February issue of Biological ...

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 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 ...

The suspected platypus thief could face a maximum penalty of $431,250. LONDON -- Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its ...

It’s not every day that you get to see a tiny baby platypus in the wild—but luckily for us, a wildlife photographer has captured amazing and rare footage of one. The end result is such a cute video of ...

WASHINGTON — When the British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 — one with a mole’s fur, a duck’s bill and spurs on its rear legs — he did what any skeptical ...

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