The animal kingdom is filled with extraordinary species, each with features that make them stand out from the rest. Among ...

It lays the world’s largest egg, weighing about 1.5 kg and measuring up to 15 cm in length — truly a giant among birds. Emus lay striking dark green or blue-green eggs, reaching up to 15 cm in length ...

SCIENTISTS seeking to solve the riddle of the platypus have proved it is the first animal to have evolved from reptile to mammal and has the characteristics of both. One of the oddest creatures in ...

Everyone knows the platypus looks bizarre: its duck's beak, webbed feet, fur, swimming skills, secretive lifestyle and egg-laying talents combine to make the Australian mammal an object of fascination ...

A rare and remarkable sighting has captured the attention of wildlife enthusiasts around the world:a blonde albino echidna ...

You might think you know why the platypus is a bizarre beast. Maybe you know that it lays eggs, that the males have venomous spurs on their ankles, and that it can sense electricity with its bill. But ...

The toxic cane toad may be big and warty, but the eggs it lays in delicate, translucent strings resemble a strand of ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

Known for their shy and reclusive behaviour, echidnas look a bit like a spikey porcupine with a long snoot – although they’re even stranger than that. Echidnas are the only other animals that belong ...

Native to the rivers and freshwater creeks of eastern Australia, its venom is the lesser-known feature that sets the platypus ...