Last week, I showed someone a purseweb spider’s home, the lair of a monster. The web resembles a gray, footlong dead twig an inch in diameter leaning against the base of an oak tree. Easy to overlook.

“When I first saw it, I just said ‘What?!’ and didn’t speak for a while,” said one of the researchers who studied the fossils of a prehistoric marine reptile. By Nicholas St. Fleur No mammal may be ...

Newly discovered fossils from China show a swimming reptile with a small head, tiny eyes and a bill similar to a modern duck-billed platypus. Like the platypus, Eretmorhipis carrolldongi probably used ...

The first analysis of the genome sequence of the duck-billed platypus was published today by an international team of scientists, revealing clues about how genomes were organized during the early ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A Frankensteinian mashup of a platypus, a stegosaurus, and a marine ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From high altitudes to tropical rainforests, platypuses are native to Eastern Australia. When it was ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Scientists say one of the world's most unique animal species, the duck-billed-platypus, is on "brink of extinction." The platypus is part-mammal, ...

Ever since I was a young child I have been fascinated by the animal kingdom, especially its more exotic members. When people asked me what I wanted to do when I grow up, I always replied I wanted to ...

Is the platypus in evolutionary transition, or is it an anomaly in evolution? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better ...