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The platypus is an adorable little mammal with a beak like a duck and a body like a beaver. Found primarily in Australia, the ...
Scientists have quasi-solved a longstanding mystery surrounding the origins of platypus and echidnas, the strangest mammals on Earth. A recent reanalysis of a 108-million-year-old bone challenged ...
When Europeans first encountered the odd-looking platypus, it became the centre of scientific debate: was it real or just an elaborate hoax? The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling ...
The sequencing of the platypus genome has received a high amount of misleading press attention. What does this information really tell us about this strangely unique animal and its genetic past?