There are three main types of ducks: dabbling, diving and perching, each classified by their habitat and behavior. Dabbling ducks feed on the water's surface, diving ducks plunge below the surface ...

Challenging on the wing, widely distributed, and excellent on the table, the canvasback is the paragon of diving ducks, just as the mallard symbolizes the dabblers. Today, the canvasback is ...

With continental populations of many species of ducks again near record highs, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has established a 60-day duck season that opens Oct. 3 with a ...

I thought it might have been a female Ring-necked Duck, but a view through my spotting scope showed the characteristic ...

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

The red-breasted merganser is a species of diving duck that typically winters in the Great Lakes region “We had a massive reporting of particularly one type of bird, which is a red-breasted and ...

SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 120 Baer's Pochards, which are critically-endangered diving ducks, have been observed wintering in Hengshui Lake national nature reserve in north China's ...

Vegavis, an ancient bird from Antarctica, identified as the oldest modern bird ancestor with specialized fish-hunting adaptations.