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Latest news: Platypus

Spotting platypus in the ACT

Canberrans are invited to join one of 28 group surveys this month to better understand platypus numbers in ACT rivers and creeks. 

Rare white platypus spotted, but it’s not an albino

Researchers hunting for an endangered turtle have discovered something even rarer - a white platypus frolicking in a NSW stream. Photos and footage of the extraordinary creature have been published in a scientific...

Volunteers wanted for ACT’s tenth Platypus Month

Platypus Month is back again for its tenth year, and Canberrans are encouraged to monitor platypuses at dusk and dawn.

Platypus return to Sydney national park after 50 years

Platypus are calling Sydney's Royal National Park home for the first time in five decades, with five released in a bid to re-establish a population.

Bill-spotting is back in ACT region with Waterwatch Platypus Month

Australia’s weirdest and most wonderful semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal’s breeding season is back, and Waterwatch is calling on Canberrans to once again come and join in on Platypus Month.

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