Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a broad tail. But their appearance isn’t even the strangest thing about them. Not ...

A Tasmanian man befriends a platypus while protecting the species from urban development. Witness the story of Pete Walsh, a Tasmanian man who befriends a platypus he names Zoom. With the help of ...

This semi-aquatic mammal may look improbable, but its biology reveals how evolution shapes even the strangest mammal bodies.

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor. The ...

They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes. Yet the humble platypus, a small creature which quietly swims in the rivers of eastern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You already know the platypus is strange. It’s the animal that lays eggs, has a duck bill, shoots venom from its ankles, and glows ...

The platypus has long been one of nature’s most bewildering creatures. It lays eggs. It has a duck-like bill and a beaver-like body. Males carry venomous spurs on their hind legs, and the animal can ...