Half a century ago, that appetite was in danger of going quiet. In the 1960s and 70s, scientists trawling the Murray-Darling ...

Three days of wine seminars, tasting and touring gets me thinking about the people around the pitch and when it’s more ...

In 1799, George Shaw, a curator in the natural history department of the British Museum, received a strange skin in the mail. It looked, he wrote, like nothing so much as “the beak of a Duck engrafted ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The platypus offers a useful lesson in conservation: before acting, ...

Platypuses reintroduced to Australia’s oldest national park are breeding and appear to be on a good population trajectory with 20 known individuals now, scientists say. For more than 50 years, the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

"But as the new fossils show, another mammal swam with the dolphins. "An ancient, toothed platypus lived in these lakes and rivers as shown by the bones of one that settled to the floor of the lake 25 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient platypus fossils from South Australia reveal a toothed species with a body plan close to today's platypus. (CREDIT: Gen ...

It's nearly last call for a brewery in the heart of Houston. After nine years in business, Platypus Brewing at 1902 Washington Ave. will be closing on May 31. In a social media post, Platyupus owners ...

Mixologist Anthony Saputo in a photo announcing his 2019 hire at The Midwestern. One of the city’s most acclaimed bars appears to be in trouble—with rent past due and one co-founder facing criminal ...

Australia's platypus, one of the world's most enigmatic animals, had a more exotic origin story, according to an exciting discovery by Flinders University paleontologists. They have described rare ...

Artist’s impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. Australia’s platypus, ...