Snow has blanketed Tasmania as winter begins in the southern hemisphere and makes the water icy for one iconic creature. Matt Palmer via Unsplash Winter has hit the southern hemisphere, and with it, ...

When initial reports of a creature that combined the feet of an otter, the tail of a beaver and the bill of a duck arrived on the shores of 18th-century London, doubt was thick. Skeptics were further ...

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an evolutionarily distinct semi‐aquatic mammal native to eastern Australia’s freshwater ecosystems. Recent ecological studies have shed light on its complex ...

The platypus is one of the most mysterious members of the animal world. Even in the 21st century, there is still so much we don’t know about them. This “odd duck” was once so mysterious that it was ...

Winter has hit the southern hemisphere, and with it, the highlands of Tasmania have turned into a wintery wonderland. Tasmania, the island state of Australia, sits about 150 miles south of the ...