Adult males measure 15.7 to 24.8 inches long from the tip of their bill to the tip of their tail and weigh 1.7 to 6.6 pounds. Females are smaller than males, measuring 14.5 to 21.6 inches in ...

THE PLATYPUS GUARDIAN DIRECTOR & PRODUCER NICK HAYWARD DIRECTOR & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHADDEN HUNTER PRODUCER FRASER JOHNSTON EDITOR NATASHA ALVES COMPOSER FINN CLARKE LINE PRODUCER ANNA BATEMAN ...

Trail cameras are becoming powerful tools to help experts gauge population health for platypuses and other species. One recently recorded a tapir in Brazil, where it was thought to be extinct. In ...

The Platypus Rescue HQ at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, got its first four animals earlier this month. Eventually, it will be able to house as many as 64.

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

The Platypus: a highly super-Eddington intermediate-mass black hole tidal disruption event. American Astronomical Society meeting, National Harbor, Md., January 15, 2025.

The platypus, a duck-billed, beaver-tailed mammal that adores the water, is so beloved in its home country of Australia, the nation has featured the species on its 20-cent coin. The species ...

The world's oldest living wild platypus (not pictured) is nearly 24 years old. Manuel Romaris via Getty Images When Geoff Williams found and tagged a one-year-old male platypus as part of a survey ...