Octopus tentacles are extremely flexible and sensitive which allows them to taste their surroundings. Gecko’s Feet have toe ...

With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them ...

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.

That was accurate — male platypuses can stab attackers or male opponents with two sharp, venomous spurs on the insides of their hind feet. They’re on high alert during mating season ...

The platypus doesn’t fit into any particular category: it’s a mammal, but it lays eggs like a reptile. It has a duck-like bill and webbed feet, but its otter-like body ends with a tail like a ...