Platypus Evolution is a mobile clicker game for Android and iOS where you evolve platypuses into various different crazy creatures and document them in your Platypedia. It is part of Tapps Games ...

Evolution of platypuses and echidnas tell the story of mammals A cross-section comparison shows (from left) a Kryoryctes (A), platypus (B) and echidna (C) humerus bone. Hand et al.

Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like a mash-up of a duck, a beaver, and an otter—with a dash of poison thrown in for good measure. The platypus is so bizarre, even the world’s top ...

The platypus and echidna, often regarded as some of the most peculiar animals on Earth, may be hiding a far more complex evolutionary story than scientists initially believed. Recent findings from ...

Platypus Genome Reveals Secrets of Mammal Evolution. The duck-billed mammal is related to reptiles and birds, a study finds. By Scott Norris. May 7, 2008 ...

When British zoologist George Shaw first encountered a platypus specimen in 1799, he was so befuddled that he checked for stitches, thinking someone might be trying to trick him with a ...

It seems that evolution blessed it enough in its early form that there was little need to change. That animal isn’t the only one that’s hung onto its physiology for an epic amount of time.

The Platypus Doesn’t Have A Stomach, And Probably Never Will On the upside, no tummy aches. ... It marked an interesting addition to what scientists knew about vertebrate evolution.