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It’s a semi-aquatic exotic with some remarkable traits! This week, we’re exploring the strange but true story of the platypus. * Platypuses use “electrolocation” while feeding, sending out impulses ...

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles is working with Platypus Marine to mitigate permitting issues on the company’s new building. Platypus Marine is constructing a new building at 535 Marine Drive ...

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an evolutionarily distinct semi‐aquatic mammal native to eastern Australia’s freshwater ecosystems. Recent ecological studies have shed light on its complex ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From high altitudes to tropical rainforests, platypuses are native to Eastern Australia. When it was first scientifically described in 1799, it was laughed at and checked for ...