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 ...

They're at the world’s largest conservation center for the Australian duck-billed mammals. ::Dubbo, Australia There are streams, waterfalls, and banks of earth to burrow in, custom-built to simulate a ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES ECOLOGIST, DOCTOR GILAD BINO, SAYING: "The platypus is threatened for a number of reasons - human related reasons. Namely extensive water resource ...

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is partnering with an Australian zoo to study how climate change is affecting platypuses as a way to save the egg-laying mammal. The species is declining because of ...

The platypus is one of the most unique animals in the world. It’s a mammal, but it lays eggs. It has webbed feet, a beaver-like tail, and an otter-like snout and bill that helps it locate food ...

Australian scientists pushed on Monday to list the platypus as a vulnerable species after a report showed the habitat of the semi-aquatic native mammal had shrunk more than a fifth in the last 30 ...

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Snow has blanketed Tasmania as winter begins in the southern hemisphere and makes the water icy for one iconic creature. Matt Palmer via Unsplash Winter has hit the southern hemisphere, and with it, ...

Winter has hit the southern hemisphere, and with it, the highlands of Tasmania have turned into a wintery wonderland. Tasmania, the island state of Australia, sits about 150 miles south of the ...