University of Adelaide researchers discovered monotremes use a completely different sex determination system than other ...

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 bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver, fur like an otter, reptilian-like stingers, and webbed feet with sharp claws, the platypus certainly does resemble a mythological chimera.

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.

Stopping up rivers where platypuses reside is restricting the odd animals’ migration patterns and causing inbreeding, scientists say. By Nicholas Bakalar The duck-billed platypus faces many ...

In short, a hypothetical Trump speakership would be the "duck-billed platypus" of politics. The duck-billed platypus is a mammal. But its classification defies many scientific norms. The creature ...

Pete Walsh is a Tasmanian obsessed with one of nature’s least understood creatures, the platypus. An egg-laying, duck-billed, venom-spined, furry-coated underwater mammal, the platypus ...

You might know the platypus as Australia's iconic shy, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying mammal. Unfortunately, the odd animal is also struggling to survive. This is why ...

Native to Australia, platypuses are small amphibious mammals, known for their distinctive duck-like bill and, unlike most other mammals, for laying eggs as well as producing milk for their young.

"If you are lucky enough to see a platypus in the wild, keep your distance." With stubby tails like a beaver and the bill of a duck, platypuses were famously seen as a hoax by British scientists ...