While Mohammed M. and his brother were cleared of all criminal charges, 7.8 million euros worth of crypto tokens became inaccessible after getting stuck in a wallet. A French court has allowed two ...

The platypus sports fur like a mammal, paddles its duck feet like a bird and lays eggs in the manner of a reptile. Nature's instruction manual for this oddball, it turns out, is just as much of a ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus — one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom. The ...

A Tasmanian man befriends a platypus while protecting the species from urban development. Witness the story of Pete Walsh, a Tasmanian man who befriends a platypus he names Zoom. With the help of ...

With its furry body and duck-billed face, the platypus is nothing if not bizarre looking. But scientists have confirmed that its strangeness is more than skin deep — after unraveling the animal's ...

The platypus is an anthology of weirdness. It has a leathery duck-like bill, a flattened tail and webbed feet. The males have a venomous claw on their hind feet, and the females lay eggs. And if you ...

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 ...