Labradoodles, puggles, dorgis, cavoodles, cavapoos: whatever you call them, there’s no escaping the explosion of designer crossbreeds parading along our streets and through our dog parks these days.

Labradoodles, puggles, dorgis, cavoodles, cavapoos: whatever you call them, there's no escaping the explosion of designer crossbreeds parading along our streets and through our dog parks these days.

Same with sharks and walruses. Pups all around! But a platypus begats a puggle — truly, everything about a platypus is unique. From bill to tail, pouch to puggles, such a special creature.

You’ve heard of jazz hands? Well, these bats have glow toes. When ultraviolet light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat’s extraordinarily hairy toes, they light up like a Christmas tree.

SOX9 doesn’t reside on the sex chromosomes, but it activated by the SRY gene, making it essential for male development. Over the 166 million years since humans and platypuses diverged, the Y ...

The sex of human and other mammal babies is determined by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. However, this crucial chromosome is gradually degenerating and may disappear in a few million ...

Few mammals rival the eccentricity of these venomous, egg-laying oddballs. Noel Kirkpatrick is an editor and writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He covers many topics, including animals, science ...

Tackle the 5.5-mile, out-and-back Whyte River and Savage River Trail, keeping an eye out for wallabies, pademelons, and platypuses, which tend to be more active at dawn and dusk. Eco-outfitter ...

In other words, they look like a wild combination of vastly different species. Many animal babies are known by specific names. In a short time, the baby platypus also got a nickname, namely: puggle.