Why Scientists Still Argue Over What to Call a Baby Platypus

If you’ve ever headed down an internet rabbit hole of wondering what to call a baby platypus, you’re not alone. (Guilty as ...
The Dodo

Playful Platypus Proves She's Just As Cuddly As A Dog

Platypuses are not normally an animal you'd think of as being cuddly and friendly ... but this sweet platypus is absolutely trying to change that. A platypus at the Healesville Sanctuary in Australia ...
Popular Science

Platypus milk might save us from bacterial infections, and that’s not even the best thing about them

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Yahoo

World’s largest platypus conservation center opens in Australia

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: These platypuses are waddling into what researchers hope is something like paradise. There are streams, waterfalls, and ...
Miami Herald

The Platypus Is Even Weirder Than We Thought, According to an 'Unexpected' New Study

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 03: Platypus Keeper, Rob Dockerill, holds Annie the platypus during a press call at Taronga Zoo on March 03, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Taronga Conservation Society Australia ...
Mongabay News on MSNOpinion

What the platypus can teach us about smarter conservation

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The ...
Newsweek

The Platypus—God’s Little Joke—May Be Killed Off by River Dams

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Platypus populations in Australia are becoming increasingly isolated as ...
The Dodo

The Improbable Platypus: 7 Facts That Prove These Monotremes Break All The Rules

1. When the platypus was first examined by a scientist, the researcher thought he was being pranked, saying "of all the Mammalia yet known, it seems the most extraordinary in its conformation; ...
CNN

Man charged after platypus is taken from the wild and onto a train

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Platypus Genes Are Just as Odd as the Creature Itself

If the platypus looks like a mixture of bird and mammal features, it's because it is. University of Sydney / Doug Gimesy Researchers recently published the most complete, detailed platypus genome ever ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Platypus making a comeback after Black Summer bushfires damaged, eroded riverbanks

After the 2020 bushfires destroyed a lot of koala habitat across New South Wales, there were dire concerns about the future of the species. Bushfires cause riverbank erosion, making it hard for ...