A research found Australia’s platypus’ habitat has shrunk 22% in 30 years which represents almost three times the size of Tasmania.
Scientists from the University of New South Wales along with Australia’s largest environmental organisations have nominated the platypus for an official listing as vulnerable under national environmental laws.
The biggest threats to the platypus are land clearing, regulation of rivers and drought, practices that are ongoing and as a consequence Australia should expect the decline to worsen.