Researchers warn platypus populations could be in trouble in

University of New South Wales researchers last year appealed to the Threatened Species Scientific Committee to list the platypus as a nationally threatened species. The case was rejected, largely due to a lack of baseline data. 

Platypuses are increasingly threatened, scientists say

Australia: Scientists push to list platypus as threatened – DW – 11/23/2020

Australia's Platypuses Are Invisible Victims of the Bushfires - Atlas Obscura

Platypus populations impacted by large river dams are more vulnerable to threats

Bushfire Watch and Act for the City of Canning Vale. Possible

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Platypus Genome Decoded NSF - National Science Foundation

Platypus experts warn of localised extinctions and declining population