It’s not every day that you get to see a tiny baby platypus in the wild—but luckily for us, a wildlife photographer has captured amazing and rare footage of one. The end result is such a cute video of ...

There's nothing cuter than a baby learning to walk — or, um, swim. This video, which was uploaded to YouTube by Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, shows the newest platypus arrivals ...

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They're at the world’s largest conservation center for the Australian duck-billed mammals. ::Dubbo, Australia There are streams, waterfalls, and banks of earth to burrow in, custom-built to simulate a ...

It is true that a baby platypus is called a puggle, but the popular photograph shared on Reddit shows a young echidna, a close relative to the egg-laying mammal that is also called a puggle. We've ...

Few creatures are as puzzling as the platypus. Multiple ancient and enduring First Nations stories touch on its appearance as an amalgam of creatures like a duck and a rakali. Its chimera-like ...