ELKO — Hyde Chacon, 19, is living up to his first name by launching a career in wildlife taxidermy. “Doing mounts is just what I’ve always wanted to do since I was a little kid, with hunting ...

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Since the world has been a little heavy with bad news recently, here’s something to feel good about: a precious little platypus has been successfully returned to the wild following ten months of ...

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a remarkable example of nature’s ingenuity. With a bill resembling a duck’s, a tail akin to a beaver’s, and webbed feet, it appears as a living mosaic of ...

What can I talk to? Jack Ashby, assistant director at the Museum of Zoology, with some of the specimens you can talk to via AI. Picture: Keith Heppell The specimens are in a range of forms, including ...

The Werribee River is among the waterways that Melbourne Water’s platypus surveys will track for this spring’s breeding season. Part of a three-decade-long monitoring program, the water authority ...

Two male platypuses have been caught on camera fighting for territory in Tasmania, Australia. Esme Atkinson, who filmed the video, said the animals were “ferocious” and showed no signs of ...

The pair were captured on camera holding the animal at Morayfield, about an hour north of Brisbane city An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild ...