For the first time ever, a duck-billed platypus was born in captivity. The baby platypus was born to a pair named Jack & Jill in the Healesville animal sanctuary near Melbourne, Australia. Its birth ...

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A female platypus, dubbed Zoom, preps a nesting site after the mating season. A female platypus, dubbed Zoom, preps a nesting site after the mating season. Female platypus can dig up to 30 feet into ...

The platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth, combining traits of mammals, birds, and reptiles. This video explores its insane biology and why scientists are still baffled by it.

The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal -- and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, ...

Few animals are as strange - or as fascinating - as the platypus. In this episode, we dive into the bizarre world of this one-of-a-kind creature, from its duck-like bill to its venomous spurs. We ...

The platypus is a near-threatened species from eastern Australia and Tasmania. The platypus is considered to be a mammal because it grows hair, has mammary glands, and three bones in the middle ears.