Philip Bethge is a science, technology and business editor with Germanys leading news magazine DER SPIEGEL. While working as a wildlife biologist (PhD, University of Tasmania), Philip studied the Australian Platypus and the Little Blue Penguin in Tasmania, Australia. His passion is his music.

Please read Philip’s award-winning DER SPIEGEL cover story on conservation (with Rafaela von Bredow & Christian Schwägerl) (PDF). Here you can enjoy Philip Bethges Ph.D. on the Australian Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus (PDF). And please don’t forget to watch platypuses foraging at Lake Lea in Tasmania. Finally, please listen to Philip’s band, Hansagold.

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