Ollie, the Chocolate Labrador, might love the holiday as much as I do—mostly because it lets him dress as his favorite ...

Few mammals rival the eccentricity of these venomous, egg-laying oddballs. Noel Kirkpatrick is an editor and writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He covers many topics, including animals, science, and ...

Most humans probably think very little of the platypus — if at all. But this strange Australian mammal, with its webbed feet and beaver-like tail, is actually a treasure trove of genetic information.

Fossils of a 70 million-year-old platypus relative called Patagorhynchus pascuali found in South America show that egg-laying mammals evolved on more than one continent. When you purchase through ...