Reintroduced platypus population ‘tracking well’ in Australia’s oldest national park

Mongabay
May 26, 2026, 11:51 pm129 ptsTrending
Platypuses reintroduced to Australia’s oldest national park are breeding and appear to be on a good population trajectory with 20 known individuals now, scientists say. For more than 50 years, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal, had been absent from Royal National Park,…

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