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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. Like many other ...

Out on land, the platypus’s short limbs mean it has to exert 30 percent more energy than a similarly sized land-based mammal just to move around. All that said, they do have one particular ...

A desperate effort is underway to restore platypus habitat across south-east Queensland and stop the iconic Australian species disappearing from the region. Back-to-back floods, land clearing ...