An Australian angler spotted what he initially thought to be a massive trout and ended up capturing video of something even ...

The platypus isn’t just a strange animal — it’s a puzzle piece that shouldn’t exist. It lays eggs like a reptile, has fur like a mammal, and can detect electric fields like a shark. The platypus’ duck ...

Begin with the most important part of Toothless: his head. Draw a large rounded oval or slightly flattened circle. Make the ...

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. 'First ...

The platypus, a unique mammal, possesses a venom system in adult males delivered via hind leg spurs. This venom, primarily for social dominance, causes intense, persistent pain in humans due to its ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have bedeviled physicists and chemists. Their atoms arrange ...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor. The ...

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PORT ANGELES – Port Angeles based Platypus Marine, Inc. is in the process of constructing a new “state of the art” facility that will require at least 35 new full-time employees to operate, company ...

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 ...