The platypus was already the weirdest animal on the planet - and scientists just made it even weirder.

They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.The platypus is one of only five mammal species that lay eggs, which are called ...

Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

The combination of a beaver-like body and duck-like bill of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is only the first of a ...

It is venomous, can sense electricity and glows under UV light. Now researchers have uncovered something else remarkable ...

The platypus is one of the strangest animals ever discovered. This bizarre mammal lays eggs, has a duck-like bill, and can detect tiny electric signals produced by its prey. When hunting underwater, a ...

Nearly 230 years after its discovery, the platypus is still finding new ways to baffle the scientific community.

An adored and treasured platypus at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park passed away on Wednesday, the non-profit announced. The ...

(via SciShow) Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals. But I have news for you - ...

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 ...