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The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover
AFP, Published on 19/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.
Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in Chile
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» SANTIAGO - Scientists have discovered the fossil of a tiny mouse-sized mammal that lived in the time of the dinousaurs in Chilean Patagonia.
Australian police seek pair seen with platypus on train
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» SYDNEY - Forget the Hollywood thriller "Snakes on a Plane", two commuters in Australia have dished up a platypus on a train.
Climate disasters prompt Australia's first platypus refuge
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» SYDNEY - The world's first dedicated platypus refuge will be established to rescue the unique Australian animals from climate change-fuelled crises, as bushfires and drought increasingly threaten their habitat.
Fantastic beasts take over London's Natural History Museum
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» LONDON: Fans of J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" will already be familiar with nifflers, occamy and demiguise while unicorns, dragons and mermaids have been the stuff of legends for centuries.