Depending on where you live in the world, the ruddy duck is either a cute bundle of fun or a despised nuisance.

A male ruddy duck in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Adam Grimm, USFWS) Every spring, millions of ducks touch down on Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a spread of muskeg and ...

In this heartwarming video, a mother Ruddy Duck is seen with her adorable little ducklings as they swim together. The sight of the tiny ducklings learning to navigate the water under their mother ...

Back to the ruddy duck: While most birds don't have any penis whatsoever, ducks do, and these prodigious members unfurl explosively when it's time to mate.

Two Birds Soar and Swim Back Into the Wild After Recovering From Oil Spill A ruddy duck and eared grebe treated by wildlife care experts were released back into the wild in Huntington Beach.

Ruddy duck courtship must be seen to be believed. First the male — a handsome bird with deep chestnut plumage and snow-white cheeks — raises his tail at right angles to his body.

A cull of ruddy ducks in the UK has cut their numbers to just 120. The government says about 4,400 of the birds were shot dead over the past five years.

A species of duck is able to fly at altitudes of up to 6,800 metres (22,000 feet), researchers have discovered. The ruddy shelduck's flying is the "first evidence of extreme high-altitude flight ...