A team of scientists from Australia and the United Kingdom has finally elucidated the strange sex chromosome system of the duck-billed platypus. The first study, the findings of which are published ...

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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.

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 ...