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Every summer, the bold green-headed drakes that patrol neighborhood ponds seem to vanish without warning, replaced by drab, ...

Mallard ducks: It seems like they’re everywhere (spoiler alert: they pretty much are), and they’re familiar to most of us. But what do you know about them beyond “they’re the ones with the green heads ...

As the mechanisms to their cages were released Tuesday, a few ducks bravely waddled where birds of a feather had dared not tread. Then, one by one, several threw themselves forward off a short ledge ...

Mallards displayed a delayed margin of safety, increasing the risk of collisions at high speeds. The study suggests mallards are wholly unequipped to respond to vehicles at high speeds, with ...

Mallards -- the familiar ducks of city parks -- are one of a group of closely related species, many of which are far less common. Interbreeding can threaten the genetic distinctiveness of those other ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks—natural carriers of avian influenza—stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread bird flu to backyard poultry ...