Discover more about the egg-laying monotremes of Oceania and the ancient traits they still carry.

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

The platypus produces a powerful venom during breeding season, which is used in competition among males for females. "We've discovered conflicting functions of GLP-1 in the platypus: in the gut as a ...

You might think you know why the platypus is a bizarre beast. Maybe you know that it lays eggs, that the males have venomous spurs on their ankles, and that it can sense electricity with its bill. But ...

Platypuses are so weird scientists sliced them open because they thought they were fake. But why? Male platypus have ven ...

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 ...