The pair were captured on camera holding the animal at Morayfield, about an hour north of Brisbane city An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild ...

A previous long-term study of Melbourne platypuses found about 25 per cent of captured animals were older ... in North Queensland to Tasmania. Australian Platypus Conservancy conservation ...

The world’s biggest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia. The species’ habitat is under ...

The pseudo-left group combines multiple strains of bankrupt middle-class politics, including open support for imperialist war ...

A complete replica skeleton of Australia's largest mammalian predator can now be seen pouncing at tourists visiting South ...

We’ll never know exactly, but it was this animal’s lucky day when two cyclists rescued him from a mountain road on a hot February day. Good luck, mate: Dr Jessica Thomas releases the platypus ...

Welcome to the deadly animals of Australia. This factual series looks at deadly animals from the Platypus to the Great White…this is a journey of horror and fascination.

Found in Australia, this venom isn’t deadly but can leave victims incapacitated for days. The fact that such an unassuming animal has such a potent defense mechanism adds to the platypus’s ...

In a time of hardship, Hobart resident Pete Walsh turns to the secretive platypus for solace, only to discover it is the platypus that needs his help to survive in a habitat under threat. Preview: In ...