The return of the platypus

Recent surveys have found no sign of the duck billed platypus in the Royal National Park south of Sydney, but environmentalists are optimistic the iconic animal can be successfully reintroduced.

Platypus to return to Australia’s oldest national park

UNSW Sydney scientists are leading a project to bring the iconic mammal back to the Royal National Park in Sydney’s south 50 years after a chemical spill wiped out the local population.