For an animal that already looks assembled from spare parts, the platypus has added another twist to its history. Fossils ...

Well-preserved fossils of the oldest known species allowed researchers to find new information about the ancient animal. The ...

These rivers and lakes supported a wide variety of animals, including lungfish, flamingos, and freshwater dolphins.

An Australian man was arrested after being seen with a stolen platypus, which Queensland Police are still searching for. The man took the platypus from its natural habitat on Tuesday and was seen ...

Learn about the modern platypus' ancient ancestor, which swam in the same inland lakes as dolphins and had teeth tough enough ...

Australian authorities have charged a man after he allegedly stole a platypus from the wild and took it onto public transit. The unnamed 26-year-old man faces a fine of up to A$430,000 ($288,500) ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian conservationists on Wednesday unveiled plans to build the world's first refuge for the platypus, to promote breeding and rehabilitation as the duck-billed mammal faces ...

After decades of being locally extinct, platypuses were released back into the wild in New South Wales, Australia, on Sunday. So far, five females have been released in Royal National Park and will be ...

I have only seen one platypus in the wild in my three-quarters of a century, despite extensive travels across Australia’s vast outdoors. It was in a pool below a waterfall on the Atherton Tablelands ...