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Conservationists in Australia have announced exciting plans to open the world's first platypus refuge. The mammals are close to extinction following bushfires and drought. The baby wombat grabbed ...

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Conservationists warn a rare sighting of a platypus does not indicate a healthy population of the iconic Australian animal. Credit: UNSW Centre of Ecosystem Science One of Australia’s most ...

A watercolour illustration of two platypuses by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer during the HMS Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803 The nineteenth century saw a number of hoax animals on display, ...

Welcome to the deadly animals of Australia. This factual series looks at deadly animals from the Platypus to the Great White…this is a journey of horror and fascination.

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In a time of hardship, Hobart resident Pete Walsh turns to the secretive platypus for solace, only to discover it is the platypus that needs his help to survive in a habitat under threat. Preview: In ...

The world’s biggest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia. The species’ habitat is under ...