Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...

These lovers come from different sides of the quacks. An off-Broadway version of “West Side Story” has been playing out in Central Park this spring, as a male wood duck has found love with a female ...

When you think “duck,” the duck that probably comes to mind (besides Donald Duck) is the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Mallards are the quintessential duck. They quack like a duck should. They ...

So, you just shot a duck with a radio transmitter on its back - now what? Cayuga County duck hunters Tom Adessa and his son, Chris, had that happen to them the morning of Dec. 31 while hunting ...

In a sudden twist, a female mallard duck has decided to move into the vacant eagle’s nest, laying eggs where the DNR had hoped to spy on a bald eagle couple this year.

No attempts the driver, Mary, made to scare the female mallard out of the roadway that night appeared to be working. But Mary was just as stubborn as the duck herself seemed to be.