After two years, the historic reintroduction program celebrates the discovery of multiple platypus juveniles born in Royal National Park. Scientists from UNSW Sydney have confirmed two successful ...

It’s a semi-aquatic exotic with some remarkable traits! This week, we’re exploring the strange but true story of the platypus. * Platypuses use “electrolocation” while feeding, sending out impulses ...

Rose is a short-beaked echidna who lives at the Taronga Conservation Society in Australia. They drink by extending their 18-centimeter tongue into the water. When it is too warm, the echidna will blow ...

I learned from Amy Leach’s delightful “The Salt of the Universe” book that a baby groundhog is called a “chuckling.” That’s much cuter than the expletives I used to let fly when the coterie of ...

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is partnering with an Australian zoo to study how climate change is affecting platypuses as a way to save the egg-laying mammal. The species is declining because of ...

Partnership with Taronga Zoo in Australia will focus on climate resilience. ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) - Researchers with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are taking part in a brand new study to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — They are an ...

The world’s first platypus conservation center is now open. The initiative will serve as a beacon of hope for the semi-aquatic species whose population has been declining for decades. The Platypus ...