A 26-year-old man has been charged with allegedly removing a platypus from its natural habitat in Morayfield, a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the suspect ...

"The platypus is the only venomous mammal in the world," says Zedrosser. Males have venomous spurs on their hind legs, which they use during the mating season to fight other males. The venom can't ...

The man carried the platypus around in a towel on a train and in a shopping center, police said. Queensland Police Department A 26-year-old Australian man has been charged after he was accused of ...

Baby platypuses are irresistibly cute. Their tiny bills, soft fluffy fur, and awkward little flippers make them seem like ...

With its furry body and duck-billed face, the platypus is nothing if not bizarre looking. But scientists have confirmed that its strangeness is more than skin deep — after unraveling the animal's ...

The suspected platypus thief could face a maximum penalty of $431,250. LONDON -- Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its ...

A new citizen science project aimed at monitoring and protecting one of Australia's most revered animals, the platypus, will launch in north-east Victoria this week. The Australian Platypus Monitoring ...

Cameras are being placed in areas of the Sturt Gorge Recreation Park in the Adelaide foothills to try and confirm "anecdotal reports" of a wild platypus being sighted. The semi-aquatic mammal was once ...

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