PLATYPUS ornithorhynchus anatinus, ADULT SWIMMING IN RIVER, AUSTRALIA. Image via Depositphotos. The platypus is often compared to a duck, largely due to its distinctive bill, which is flat and covered ...

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

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.

Platypuses may have some duck-like characteristics, but they are a rare type of mammal called a monotreme. Monotremes differ from other mammals because they lay eggs instead of giving birth.

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 ...

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In 2008, scientists deciphered the entire DNA of the duck-billed platypus and determined that, in accordance with the animal’s somewhat bizarre appearance, the platypus shared genes with ...

When it comes to the eccentric wonders of the animal kingdom, few creatures rival the platypus in their unique charm and mystique. These egg-laying, venomous spined, and duck-billed mammals are ...