The habitat of the platypus has shrunk by almost a quarter in just three decades, researchers have warned. An egg-laying mammal known for its duck-like bill, the platypus is found in river systems ...

The platypus has a range of features that make it quite unlike any other animal. With a large bill, a paddle-like tail, webbed feet and a furry body, this funny-looking ... then injects saliva into ...

Platypus milk could help combat one of humanity's looming problems, antibiotic resistance, scientists say. The weird creatures have a duck's beak, venomous feet and are one of only two mammals ...

But, perhaps one of the strangest things about the platypus is that its body has barely changed over the past 150 million years, when its line diverged from all other mammals. It seems that ...

There is a python with a platypus in its mouth,” Elliot Bowerman’s friend called out as the two walked through a forest in ...

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?

But according to Lopez's trainer David Kirsch, to tone up her butt and inner thighs, the singer swears by a body-weight workout called the "platypus walk" - and he posted a video on Instagram of ...

In a time of hardship, Hobart resident Pete Walsh turns to the secretive platypus for solace, only to discover it is the platypus that needs his help to survive in a habitat under threat. Preview: In ...

The fierce pain from a sting is typically followed by what feels like electric shocks racking the body. Occasionally victims die. Luckily for Michael (who asked me not to give his full name), the ...

See Full Bio Caroline LupiniManaging Editor ... aquatic birds in the river to keep you company and hikes to move your body whenever you can pick yourself up off the cozy couch.

“Body scanners use a technology called Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) for full-body scans at airport checkpoints,” explains TSA spokesperson R. Carter Langston. “It’s a millimeter wave ...