Citizen science study find Platypus living in the Sydney Basin

August 8 2020 - 5:00pm
Citizen scientist and volunteer Gerald McCaffrey studying streams in the Sydney basin for evidence of Platypus paddles. Photo: Western Sydney University
Citizen scientist and volunteer Gerald McCaffrey studying streams in the Sydney basin for evidence of Platypus paddles. Photo: Western Sydney University

A pilot study of one of Australia's most elusive creatures, the platypus, has revealed they are living in unlikely, urban locations in Sydney.

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