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 ...

as a male wood duck has found love with a female mallard — marking an unusual pairing of waterfowl from different species that has been wowing city birdwatchers for months. The hot new it-couple ...

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.

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.

“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 ...