Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...

These lovers come from different sides of the quacks. An off-Broadway version of “West Side Story” has been playing out in Central Park this spring, as a male wood duck has found love with a female ...

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 ...

In a sudden twist, a female mallard duck has decided to move into the vacant eagle’s nest, laying eggs where the DNR had hoped to spy on a bald eagle couple this year.

No attempts the driver, Mary, made to scare the female mallard out of the roadway that night appeared to be working. But Mary was just as stubborn as the duck herself seemed to be.

Mama duck takes over Minnesota DNR's Eagle Cam 00:35. It's a twist that would make Tex Avery proud: a duck has temporarily taken over the nest featured on Minnesota's EagleCam.