Kathryn Russell receives funding from Melbourne Water and the Australian Research Council. Darren Bos receives funding from Melbourne Water. Rhys Coleman works for Melbourne Water. Has received ...

In the world of mammals, there exists a creature so peculiar that when European naturalists first encountered it in the late 18th century, they suspected it was an elaborate hoax. With its duck-like ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this is a newly found type of star-forming galaxy. When you purchase through ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --An Australian angler spotted what he initially thought to be a massive trout and ended up capturing video of something even stranger: a pink platypus. Victoria resident Cody Stylianou ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From high altitudes to tropical rainforests, platypuses are native to Eastern Australia. When it was first scientifically described in 1799, it was laughed at and checked for ...

It’s a semi-aquatic exotic with some remarkable traits! This week, we’re exploring the strange but true story of the platypus. * Platypuses use “electrolocation” while feeding, sending out impulses ...

Platypuses possess an extraordinary superpower: electroreception, the ability to detect electrical fields underwater with astonishing precision. Unlike other mammals that rely primarily on vision, ...

(via SciShow) Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals. But I have news for you - ...

Winter has hit the southern hemisphere, and with it, the highlands of Tasmania have turned into a wintery wonderland. Tasmania, the island state of Australia, sits about 150 miles south of the ...

Snow has blanketed Tasmania as winter begins in the southern hemisphere and makes the water icy for one iconic creature. Matt Palmer via Unsplash Winter has hit the southern hemisphere, and with it, ...