A team led by researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia has established a new platypus colony in the Royal National Park on the banks of the Hacking River outside of Sydney for ...

An Australian man was arrested after being seen with a stolen platypus, which Queensland Police are still searching for. The man took the platypus from its natural habitat on Tuesday and was seen ...

After decades of being locally extinct, platypuses were released back into the wild in New South Wales, Australia, on Sunday. So far, five females have been released in Royal National Park and will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYDNEY — Scientists in Australia are preparing to reintroduce platypuses to the country’s oldest national park after they ...

Australian authorities have charged a man after he allegedly stole a platypus from the wild and took it onto public transit. The unnamed 26-year-old man faces a fine of up to A$430,000 ($288,500) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 23 (UPI) --An Australian angler spotted what he initially thought to be a massive trout and ended up capturing video of ...

Studying the tiny animal, a 23-year-old found in a creek in Australia, offered hope for the threatened species and clues for how to help them survive. By John Yoon The platypus, a unique egg-laying ...

I have only seen one platypus in the wild in my three-quarters of a century, despite extensive travels across Australia’s vast outdoors. It was in a pool below a waterfall on the Atherton Tablelands ...

A 26-year-old man has been charged with allegedly removing a platypus from its natural habitat in Morayfield, a town in Australia, Queensland Police said on Thursday following a hunt for the suspect ...

The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after disappearing from the area ...