the milk is secreted by pores. In case you didn’t know, the platypus is also one of the very few mammals that are venomous.

Now, new research is helping scientists rethink their approach to antibiotics, and their inspiration comes from a rather unlikely source: platypus milk. Platypuses are weird animals. With their ...

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.