Close-up of a platypus swimming in the water A platypus wandering by a roadside in Australia stabbed a woman with its venomous spurs when she attempted to lift it from a gutter. Jenny Forward was ...

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed ...

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 ...