Everyone can identify a male mallard duck with their iridescent green heads and white colors; for me the challenge has been identifying the females. Many female ducks look vaguely alike.

The International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield recently came across a startling discovery while examining the x-ray of an injured male mallard duck. The x-ray showed an image in the ...

Female ducks, as it turns out, quack for many different reasons. For example, they have been known to quack when they are alone, and particularly if they are separated from their partner.

The male mallard's unusual 'hairpiece' makes him look the spitting image of the 69-year-old Republican candidate for President of the United States.

The plumage of an adult male mallard is absolutely spectacular. An iridescent metallic-green head that can shift from green to blue in the proper light would itself be enough to qualify the duck as ...

In mallard ducks, there's an easy way to distinguish between males' resistance to sexually transmitted bacteria. The brighter the male's beak, the more effective their sperm's antibacterial properties ...

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 11:07 EDT, 15 April 2010 A rare inter-species love affair is blossoming at a bird sanctuary - after a male goose fell for a female duck.

The male mallard's unusual 'hairpiece' makes him look the spitting image of the 69-year-old Republican candidate for President of the United States. But this duck's hairstyle is actually the ...