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Do Platypuses Have Teeth? Not Anymore, But An “Exceptionally Rare” Fossil Proves They Used ToArtist’s impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years ago

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Do Platypuses Have Teeth? Not Anymore, But An “Exceptionally Rare” Fossil Proves They Used ToArtist’s impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years ago
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Do Platypuses Have Teeth? Not Anymore, But An “Exceptionally Rare” Fossil Proves They Used To

clock-iconMay 13, 2026

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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Stinga Duck-billed platypus swimming in a lake.

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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Stinga Duck-billed platypus swimming in a lake.
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“Immediate, Sustained, And Devastating” Pain: The Most Venomous Mammal Packs An Extremely Nasty Sting

clock-iconSeptember 10, 2025

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Chickens and Platypuses Rewrite Our Understanding Of Sex Chromosome ExpressionPhotograph of a platypus sat on a branch underwater, the top of its body poking above the surface

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Chickens and Platypuses Rewrite Our Understanding Of Sex Chromosome ExpressionPhotograph of a platypus sat on a branch underwater, the top of its body poking above the surface
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Chickens and Platypuses Rewrite Our Understanding Of Sex Chromosome Expression

clock-iconAugust 8, 2024
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How The Platypus Lost Its StomachPlatypus swimming in the water

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How The Platypus Lost Its StomachPlatypus swimming in the water
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How The Platypus Lost Its Stomach

clock-iconJuly 3, 2024
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"Echidnapus" Among Three New Species That Reveal A Lost Land Of The MonotremesArtist's reconstruction of the six monotreme species known from Lightning Ridge: Clockwise from lower left: Opalios splendens, a newly described species dubbed an ‘echidnapus’; Stirtodon elizabethae, the largest monotreme of the time; Kollikodon ritchiei, with hot-cross-bun shaped molars; Steropodon galmani, now known from additional opalised fossils; Parvopalus clytiei, the smallest monotreme of the time; and Dharragarra aurora, the earliest known species of platypus.

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"Echidnapus" Among Three New Species That Reveal A Lost Land Of The MonotremesArtist's reconstruction of the six monotreme species known from Lightning Ridge: Clockwise from lower left: Opalios splendens, a newly described species dubbed an ‘echidnapus’; Stirtodon elizabethae, the largest monotreme of the time; Kollikodon ritchiei, with hot-cross-bun shaped molars; Steropodon galmani, now known from additional opalised fossils; Parvopalus clytiei, the smallest monotreme of the time; and Dharragarra aurora, the earliest known species of platypus.
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"Echidnapus" Among Three New Species That Reveal A Lost Land Of The Monotremes

clock-iconMay 27, 2024
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NASA’s Flyby Of Europa Suggests "Something" Stirring Beneath The IceEuropa as seen using JunoCam, showing both its smoothness, and the cracks that suggest something stirring beneath

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NASA’s Flyby Of Europa Suggests "Something" Stirring Beneath The IceEuropa as seen using JunoCam, showing both its smoothness, and the cracks that suggest something stirring beneath
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NASA’s Flyby Of Europa Suggests "Something" Stirring Beneath The Ice

clock-iconMay 17, 2024
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The Platypus Doesn’t Have A Stomach, And Probably Never Willplatypus swimming in water

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The Platypus Doesn’t Have A Stomach, And Probably Never Willplatypus swimming in water
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The Platypus Doesn’t Have A Stomach, And Probably Never Will

clock-iconMay 10, 2024
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Woman Stung By Platypus Venom Says Pain Was “Worse Than Childbirth”An underwater image of a platypus semi-aquatic mammal eating a worm in Tasmania, Australia.

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Woman Stung By Platypus Venom Says Pain Was “Worse Than Childbirth”An underwater image of a platypus semi-aquatic mammal eating a worm in Tasmania, Australia.
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Woman Stung By Platypus Venom Says Pain Was “Worse Than Childbirth”

clock-iconMarch 5, 2024
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What Are Baby Platypuses Called?Adult platypus face and bill in a river.

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What Are Baby Platypuses Called?Adult platypus face and bill in a river.
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What Are Baby Platypuses Called?

clock-iconSeptember 1, 2023
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Man Charged After Wild Platypus Taken On Train Ride To Shopping Centertwo people, faces pixellated, one holding a platypus.

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Man Charged After Wild Platypus Taken On Train Ride To Shopping Centertwo people, faces pixellated, one holding a platypus.
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Man Charged After Wild Platypus Taken On Train Ride To Shopping Center

clock-iconApril 6, 2023
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Platypus Are Being Pushed Towards Extinction And We Need To Act Now, Scientists Urgearticle image

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Platypus Are Being Pushed Towards Extinction And We Need To Act Now, Scientists Urgearticle image
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Platypus Are Being Pushed Towards Extinction And We Need To Act Now, Scientists Urge

clock-iconJanuary 21, 2020

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Ancient Fish Looked – And Probably Lived – A Little Like A Platypusarticle image

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Ancient Fish Looked – And Probably Lived – A Little Like A Platypusarticle image
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Ancient Fish Looked – And Probably Lived – A Little Like A Platypus

clock-iconJune 20, 2018

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How The Milk Of The Humble Platypus Could Help Us Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugsarticle image

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How The Milk Of The Humble Platypus Could Help Us Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugsarticle image
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How The Milk Of The Humble Platypus Could Help Us Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

clock-iconMarch 15, 2018

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Australian Authorities Hunt Platypus Serial Killer After Animals Found Decapitated In Parkarticle image

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Australian Authorities Hunt Platypus Serial Killer After Animals Found Decapitated In Parkarticle image
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Australian Authorities Hunt Platypus Serial Killer After Animals Found Decapitated In Park

clock-iconApril 17, 2017

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Bizarre Newly Discovered 'Platypus' Dinosaur Baffles Scientistsarticle image

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Bizarre Newly Discovered 'Platypus' Dinosaur Baffles Scientistsarticle image
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Bizarre Newly Discovered 'Platypus' Dinosaur Baffles Scientists

clock-iconApril 27, 2015