The platypus, a native of eastern Australia, is a puzzling creature with features from birds, mammals, and reptiles. Male ...

From its duck-like bill to its venomous spur, the platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth. Discover the bizarre ...

The platypus isn’t just strange, it’s one of the most scientifically baffling animals on Earth. With the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, the feet of an otter, and the ability to lay eggs ...

Echidnas don't have very good vision, but they have a strong sense of smell and hearing. When they feel threatened, echidnas will roll into a ball so that only their spiky back is exposed. Echidnas ...

While platypuses' spurs are venomous, echidnas' spurs are not. Male platypuses use their spurs as a weapon to help them fight other males during breeding season.

It looks like someone got halfway through building one animal, forgot what they were doing, and stuck half of another animal on the other end and called it a day. Like the endlessly fascinating ...

(via SciShow) Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals. But I have news for you - ...

Toxic and poisonous plants grow in Michigan, including giant hogweed, poison ivy, poison oak, wild parsnip, poison sumac and poison hemlock. Contact with the plants can cause skin irritation ...

UAB emergency medicine doctor discusses how to identify and treat exposure to common poisonous plants. Poison ivy typically grows as a climbing vine in shady, damp areas along the East Coast. Its ...

Poisonous is usually interchangeably with venomous, but the two are different, according to biologists. Poison is something you come in contact with, like arsenic or cyanide.

Poison sumac has 7-13 leaves found in pairs with a single leaf at the end. These long, smooth leaves are bright orange and velvet, and they become dark green and glossy on top and light green ...