Three years ago, biologists dressed all in black crept around the wetlands of a small desert island in the middle of the night. Their goal: to capture 20 Laysan Ducks. Those snatched ducks became ...

If it walks, waddles and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a mallard but might be a redhead, a scaup, a canvasback, a pintail or some similar pattern. Unlike most casual observers who suffer not if ...

Big, hardy, and adaptable: the mallard duck is found all throughout the Western Hemisphere. Despite its international range, you can call the mallard America’s duck. Of all duck species, the mallard ...