An off-Broadway version of “West Side Story” has been playing out in Central Park this spring, as a male wood duck has found ...

Despite its international range, you can call the mallard America’s duck. Of all duck species, the mallard is the most numerous and widespread. Mallards are a common sight, both in the wild and ...

Biologists are using the devices to better understand the bird's behavior and, ultimately, what might be driving our most ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's 78th annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of about 2.66 million birds, down from 2.9 million in 2024 and 3.4 million in 2023.

While walking through Michigan’s Hines Park last month, sisters Jessica Lee and Kimberly Ann spotted something seemingly ...

The mallard, for instance, has been known to breed with about 40 other species of waterfowl worldwide. Wood ducks have crossbred with at least 20 other duck species. I've been fortunate over the ...

“Both species feed by dabbling in the water and ... are Mallards in the fray,” the Cornell Lab said. The beloved mallard duck is described as “perhaps the most familiar of all ducks ...

The 2025 breeding duck index was the 33rd highest on record and exceeded the long-term (1948-2024) average by 7%, according to Mike Szymanski, Department migratory game bird supervisor.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' desk to be signed into law. The mallard is the most common duck species found in Arkansas and across the country, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.