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Even as far back as the 1940s, people knew that platypuses were voracious eaters.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

Australia's emerging pattern of severe mega bushfires and heavy rainfall may be driving platypuses from their homes, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has shown. 

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

Like chickens, duck-billed platypuses, and other animals that hatch from eggs, you had a yolk sac when you were an embryo.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2023

Stopping up rivers where platypuses reside is restricting the odd animals’ migration patterns and causing inbreeding, scientists say.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Augustus and I were together in the Improbable Creatures Club: us and duck-billed platypuses.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green