Mallard ducks are usually humble creatures, feeding on smaller foods like insects, berries, and plants. On the other hand, they appear to be going through a bit of a change in diet as of late. Image ...

How does the Arctic tern (a sea bird) fly more than 80,000 miles in its roundtrip North Pole-to-South Pole migration? How does the Emperor penguin incubate eggs for months during the Antarctic winter ...

Freshman Rep. Brit McKenzie (R-Rogers) filed a bill late Tuesday that takes a shot at the state’s not-so-loved state bird, the mockingbird. He wants to scratch the copycat bird and replace it with the ...

Scientists are still trying to understand exactly how a virulent bird flu is spreading through farms in the United States, but one pattern is clear: poultry and cows risk exposure to sick wild birds ...

Michigan State University PhD student Ben Luukkonen takes measurements of a mallard hen held by Shannon Stemaly with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources while Kylie McElrath with Ducks ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (WSVN) — A Mallard duck was found with an arrow through its neck in a park located in Costa Mesa. The arrow, believed to have been shot from a crossbow, narrowly missed the ...

A team of zoologists filmed a group of mallard ducks attacking and eating other birds in Romania. The BBC reported that the aggressiveness has never been documented before and could represent a new ...

Louisiana Mallards in Mandarin Glaze is one way to prepare the ducks, which are plentiful in South Louisiana. (Photo from 'Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine,' December 2004, Chef John Folse and ...

BRAINERD — In 1822 famous ornithologist John James Audubon shot a duck he could not identify. "In form and proportions this bird is very nearly allied to the Mallard," wrote Audubon of the odd duck.

Researchers from the University of Haifa analyze hundreds of waterfowl bones from site and determine the land was marshy and ...