The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --An Australian angler spotted what he initially thought to be a massive trout and ended up capturing video of something even stranger: a pink platypus. Victoria resident Cody Stylianou ...

A Melbourne man has stumbled upon a rare pink platypus in an East Gippsland river. He says this is not the first encounter with the unique animal, nicknamed "Pinky", believing he spotted it several ...

The platypus, a unique mammal, possesses a venom system in adult males delivered via hind leg spurs. This venom, primarily for social dominance, causes intense, persistent pain in humans due to its ...

It’s a semi-aquatic exotic with some remarkable traits! This week, we’re exploring the strange but true story of the platypus. * Platypuses use “electrolocation” while feeding, sending out impulses ...

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in south eastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head. Up until now, the accepted understanding ...

PORT ANGELES – Port Angeles based Platypus Marine, Inc. is in the process of constructing a new “state of the art” facility that will require at least 35 new full-time employees to operate, company ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — A bright blip in a distant galaxy may link two mysterious categories of cosmic flares. The event, which astronomers playfully call the Platypus, could also offer a new way to ...

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed ...

In recent months at the University of Melbourne, one of Australia’s leading universities, a pseudo-left group named the Platypus Affiliated Society has established a presence on campus and was ...