"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baby platypuses are irresistibly cute. Their tiny bills, soft fluffy fur, and awkward little flippers make them seem like ...

Developer Platypus Entertainment reveals new hotfix notes for MISERY, its debut online co-op survival horror title set in a ...

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 ...

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed ...

Close-up of a platypus swimming in the water A platypus wandering by a roadside in Australia stabbed a woman with its venomous spurs when she attempted to lift it from a gutter. Jenny Forward was ...

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 ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns.