These creatures may look adorable with fluffy fur, innocent eyes, and harmless-looking features, but they have a secret: they ...

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 animal produces venom that ...

When thinking of a platypus, venom is not the thing that comes to most peoples’ minds. The platypus is the most venomous ...

Platypus are “amazing creatures” with plenty of hidden talents and “gadgets” according to the “platypus guardian” Pete Walsh, ...

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 ...

No, it does not, and here's why: It turns out that venomous snakes and the platypus have different duplications of the b-defensin genes. So, while co-opting these genes seems to be a common ...

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.

The pair were captured on camera holding the animal at Morayfield, about an hour north of Brisbane city An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild, taking ...

Renowned for its bill, webbed feet and venomous spurs, the platypus is one of only two egg-laying mammals in the world.