But in recent years, scientists and dog behaviorists have leveraged dogs’ superior sniffers for good: Protecting endangered ...

The Platypus is not listed as Endangered, but it is “Near Threatened.” Its population is trending downwards due to loss of habitat from climate change and land clearing.

Amborella is the first known flowering plant and, like the platypus, a genetic dead end. Selaginella's relatives are the fossils in fossil fuel. Now, scientists are studying the genes of these ...

The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after disappearing from ...

In the platypus, however, snoRNAs have somehow latched on to a reverse-transcription based transposase, and have hopped all over the genome, resulting in a gross overabundance of these sequences.

The platypus’ current condition is unknown. Although police were advised that the animal was released into the nearby Caboolture River, it has not yet been located by authorities. Queensland ...

Platypus populations across Australia are being put at risk of extinction, with a recent drought having a severe impact on the iconic species. "They're all dead, they're gone," one conservationist ...

Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment on April 2, 2023, and onto a train in Queensland, Australia ...

The platypus may become sick, be diseased, or die the longer it is out of its natural environment. Police have been told the animal was released into the Caboolture River, away from where it was ...