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. Some on the streets of ...

The zoo hopes the centre can help mitigate the massive fragmentation of platypus populations happening across the entire east coast of Australia. "We're seeing up to 40 per cent range reductions ...

Forget the Hollywood thriller Snakes on a Plane, an Australian man is in trouble for taking a platypus on a train ... Platypuses are native to Australia’s freshwater rivers and are part of ...

Unless you live in Australia, the only place you can see a platypus in action is at the zoo. In the wild, they live near freshwater creeks and rivers across east and south-eastern Australia.