There are three main types of ducks: dabbling, diving and perching, each classified by their habitat and behavior. Dabbling ducks feed on the water's surface, diving ducks plunge below the surface ...

The immature male king eider has its own distinctive look, with an orange bill and white breast. Because of its rarity, many ...

With abundant body fat and thick insulating plumage, this rare sea duck is built for life in the tundra. But the Arctic may be getting too warm for the Steller's eider, and the species is rapidly ...

FEEDING: Steller's eiders are diving ducks that feed primarily ... a staple tundra fruit preferred by several kinds of waterfowl. THREATS: Some likely contributing factors to the worldwide decline of ...

And an eiderdown double duvet could cost you over $8,000. Harvested from the nest of eider ducks found wild in Iceland, collecting a kilo of this fluffy material isn't easy, and only 4 metric tons ...

A rare spectacled eider (Somateria fisheri ... who was the first to spot the sea duck, told RTL Nieuws. “It took a while to sink in,” she said. “It’s very special to see this species in the ...

These are hardy sea ducks comprising four species. Two of these ... where both the common eider and the king eider are being seen on a daily basis. These species occur almost exclusively in ...