Skip to content

Australian Platypus Conservancy

Australian Platypus Conservancy

  • HOME
  • Platypus Survey & Monitoring
    • Platypus survey methods (pros and cons)
    • Live-trapping methods
    • Visual methods
    • Environmental DNA (eDNA)
    • Cameras
    • Platypus burrow counts
    • Spotting hints
  • Platypus Conservation Issues
    • Water flow
    • Water quality
    • Habitat quality
    • Dams & weirs
    • Urban development
    • Culverts & pipes
    • Litter
    • Angling
    • Dangerous nets & traps
    • Predators & disease
    • Wildfire
  • Platypus Management Guidelines
    • Streamflow
    • Water quality
    • Bank habitats
    • Instream wood
    • Stormwater drainage
    • Drought refuges
    • Culverts & pipes
    • Weirs & fishways
    • Paths & lights
    • Use of heavy equipment
    • Pumps & generators
  • Platypus Biology
    • Vital statistics
    • General features and fur colour
    • The bill and its senses
    • Vision and hearing
    • Body temperature
    • Venom and spurs
    • Genetics and dispersal
    • Sleep and dreaming
  • Platypus Ecology & Behaviour
    • Foraging behaviour
    • Diet and food consumption
    • Home range and movements
    • Burrows
    • Reproduction
    • Courtship, mating and nest-building
    • Communication
    • Mortality factors
  • Names & Evolution
    • Names (including “What’s the plural of platypus?”)
    • Fossil history
    • Echidnas – the other modern monotremes
  • Platypus Status
    • Platypus conservation status
    • Platypus distribution
    • Platypus abundance
  • FAQs & Myths
    • Some platypus FAQs
    • Some platypus myths
  • Rakali
    • Size and general features
    • Distribution and habitats
    • Names and origin
    • Spatial use and shelter sites
    • Diet and foraging behaviour
    • Reproduction
    • Rakali conservation status
    • Coexistence of rakali and platypus
  • About the Conservancy
  • APC Newsletter
  • Report a Sighting
  • Donate or Make Bequest
    • Donate by bank transfer
    • Donate by Visa/Mastercard
    • Make a Bequest

News & Views 67 – February 2017

April 11, 2017

Platypus News & Views 67 – click here

Leave a comment News & Views 67 – February 2017

News & Views 66 – November 2016

November 30, 2016

News & Views 66 – November 2016

Leave a comment News & Views 66 – November 2016

Platypus and Water Rat Reports

November 21, 2016

If you would like to keep up with the latest reports on Platypus and Water Rats, please go to our Facebook site.

Leave a comment Platypus and Water Rat Reports

News & Views 65 – August 2016

August 31, 2016

News & Views 65 – August 2016

Leave a comment News & Views 65 – August 2016

News & Views 64 – May 2016

May 31, 2016

News & Views 64 – May 2016

Leave a comment News & Views 64 – May 2016

News & Views 63 – February 2016

February 28, 2016

News & Views 63 – February 2016

Leave a comment News & Views 63 – February 2016

News & Views 62 – November 2015

November 30, 2015

News & Views 62 – November 2015

Leave a comment News & Views 62 – November 2015

News & Views 61 – August 2015

August 31, 2015

News & Views 61 – August 2015

Leave a comment News & Views 61 – August 2015

News & Views 60 – May 2015

May 31, 2015

News & Views 60 – May 2015

Leave a comment News & Views 60 – May 2015

News & Views 59 – February 2015

February 28, 2015

News & Views 59 – February 2015

Leave a comment News & Views 59 – February 2015

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Social

  • View Australian-Platypus-Conservancy-Official-225816770830721’s profile on Facebook

Archives

Report a Platypus Sighting

If you have ever seen a platypus in the wild (either alive or dead), you possess information that is vital to our understanding of the status, distribution and conservation needs of the species. Therefore, please consider reporting the details of your sighting(s) to the Australian Platypus Conservancy. Use our Reporting Form

Platypus & Water Rat Reports

If you wish to keep up to date with the Platypus and Water Rat Reports, please go to our Facebook Page

Rakali – the water rat

Information about the Rakali or Australian water-rat is available via the Rakali Page. These are often mistaken for platypus, or found in similar locations.
Powered by WordPress.com.

Loading Comments...