There's nothing like a cute animal video to brighten up a rainy Monday - and what could be cuter than an a platypus enjoying a good tickle? A visitor recorded their heart-warming experience at the ...

Biologist says specimen filmed by a Victorian fisher is ‘unusual’, but not a rare albino as some had wondered ...

A cute video of a platypus is all you need to make your Saturday brighter. It is a wholesome video that may leave you with a huge smile on your face. The image taken ...

Cute animal pictures - baby pandas, baby elephants, puppies, kittens - all these and more usually have the Internet oohing and awing over them. So, it’s not surprising that the Internet had the same ...

In “The Nutmeg of Consolation” by Patrick O’Brian, the 14th in his series of maritime novels, the good Dr. Stephen Maturin’s unabashed joy at finally seeing a platypus in Australia is almost ...

The platypus is an iconic, unique, and threatened species. They have rubbery duck bills, webbed feet, venomous spurs on their hind legs, tails like beavers, and lay eggs, despite being mammals. Human ...

Measuring a metre long, the extinct species is twice the size of the modern platypus. And unlike modern platypus which essentially lack teeth - they bear horny pads in the mouth - the new species has ...