Could the water-loving mallard be any merrier this time of year? With Christmas just a few days away, this familiar duck species can be found almost anywhere in the Inland Northwest where there’s ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The male Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is known for its colorful neck and a bill that ranges in color from dull green to bright yellow, depending on the amount of carotenoid ...

When you think “duck,” the duck that probably comes to mind (besides Donald Duck) is the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Mallards are the quintessential duck. They quack like a duck should. They have a ...

In April 2021, many social media users got their first glimpse of "Long Boi," a duck that lives near the campus of the University of York in England. An image of this dapper duck was widely shared on ...

One morning in early June, I spotted a male mallard sitting on my front lawn, as if the duck had camped there overnight. In the 10 years that I’ve lived in the Knolls subdivision on the Northwest Side ...