In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the mallard.

Mallard ducks are usually humble creatures, feeding on smaller foods like insects, berries, and plants. On the other hand, they appear to be going through a bit of a change in diet as of late. Image ...

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 ...

A duck is a duck, right? Well, yes, but when one duck mates with a duck of another species, there’s the risk that one of the original species could cease to exist. And then that duck is a duck no more ...

Nearly every May, a pair of mallard ducks waddles over to our yard to nibble on spilled bird seed and sometimes huddle in our very, very, very tiny manmade pond. They will often walk through the ...

Connecticut wildlife biologists are seeking the public’s help in gauging the reproductive health of mallard ducks in the state. Also known as the “greenhead” for the males’ emerald mantles, mallards ...

More than 100 mallard ducks took to the water on Tuesday, Nov. 2, from a secret little shore behind a secluded trailer park in Newport Beach after they were rescued by the Wetlands and Wildlife Care ...