The platypus is an adorable little mammal with a beak like a duck and a body like a beaver. Found primarily in Australia, the ...

A team of scientists led by Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney palaeontologist, Dr Matthew McCurry, have described a new ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

Conservationists in Australia have announced exciting plans to open the world's first platypus refuge. The mammals are close to extinction following bushfires and drought. The baby wombat grabbed ...

Conservationists warn a rare sighting of a platypus does not indicate a healthy population of the iconic Australian animal. Credit: UNSW Centre of Ecosystem Science One of Australia’s most ...

The world’s biggest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia. The species’ habitat is under ...

The platypus of energy in Australia has reared its duckbill and stamped its webbed feet again in recent years. A fractious group of bedfellows is advocating for nuclear generation, primarily ...

A video has been circulating of a woman taking a baby wombat from its mother. Here’s what experts want us to know about the dangers of interfering with wildlife, even if it seems innocuous.

Welcome to the deadly animals of Australia. This factual series looks at deadly animals from the Platypus to the Great White…this is a journey of horror and fascination.

Surely, a memorable time for most of us... A new play by the Berlin-based Australian Platypus Theatre explores the subject, in English, for a German audience. Discover extraordinary books that ...