One of the world’s strangest looking animals has been rapidly vanishing from Australian waterways. When ranger Alfred Hunter ...

A new project using AI helped the Djabugay Bulmba Rangers in North Queensland identify the shy creatures at three sites.

While the platypus’ bill helps them find their food, their webbed feet and beaver-like tail let them swim efficiently through the water in search of prey. They use their front feet for steering ...

The platypus is found only in Australia, where it spends most of its life swimming in freshwater ponds and streams. Its incredibly sensitive bird-like bill contains thousands of electroreceptors.