Arkansas could soon have an official state duck if a recently filed bill passes. House Bill 1417 was filed on Feb. 5 by Rep.

The fourth quarter of duck season is the toughest time to kill educated, pressured birds. But paying attention to three ...

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits ...

The only known dinosaur bones found in Arkansas were discovered in 1972 by Joe B. Friday in a shallow pit on his land near Lockesburg in southwest Arkansas. In 2017, the state designated the ...

In 1953, the United States population was 159 million. It was 335 million in 2023. Duck season in Arkansas in 1953 lasted 55 ...

Conducted each January, the continentwide counts are designed to monitor populations of wild ducks, geese, and swans that may nest in areas – such as the Canadian arctic – which ...

The mallard is the most common duck species found in Arkansas and across the country, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Arkansas is home to the "Duck Hunting Capital of the World ...

JACKSON – Mississippi saw 41 new Highly Patheogenic Avian Influenza positives in the 2024 to 2025 waterfowl season. The United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Private Lands Division was thrilled to see the number of youth applying last week for ...

That’s the big question for The Hunting Party (Episode 2 airs February 10 on NBC after an early premiere), but what’s also important is catching those now out there, and that’s up to the ...

Vegavis was the size of a mallard but did not have a bill like a duck. It instead had a spear ... showing that Vegavis had a beak suited to fish hunting along with musculature adapted for pursuit ...