A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most ...

Imagine an animal so baffling that the world’s best scientists once thought it was a hoax. A beast with the bill of a duck, ...

The platypus is an adorable little mammal with a beak like a duck and a body like a beaver. Found primarily in Australia, the ...

The sequencing of the platypus genome has received a high amount of misleading press attention. What does this information really tell us about this strangely unique animal and its genetic past?

This hybrid name was accepted in accordance with the rules of priority when classifying animals with scientific names. When it was discovered, the platypus was difficult to classify, bearing ...

An asteroid the size of 18 platypus is set to pass much closer to the Earth than the Moon on Thursday, March 30, according to NASA's asteroid tracker. The asteroid in question has been designated ...