New report calls for platypus to be listed 'vulnerable'

Environment groups and scientists are calling for the platypus to be declared "vulnerable" following research showing its numbers are dwindling.

The platypus, along with echidnas, are the world's only monotremes. Source: AAP

Highlights

• With the bushfire season fast approaching, conservationists are concerned about the livelihoods of native Australian species.
• Following the devastation of the 2019 to 2020 bushfire season, some native Australian animals are facing a new danger.
• But environmental scientists say their reclusive nature means their decline has gone largely unnoticed, with the latest research indicating a 22 per cent drop in numbers over the past 30 years.