A pair of tundra swans swim near some Canada geese and mallard ducks on the Mississippi River on March 17 near Stoddard, Wisconsin. The Mississippi River flyway is a migration route followed by more ...

Eight years ago, a duck fell from the nest where he was born, perched high above somewhere in the San Antonio Zoo. Most ducks would have fluttered down softly and eventually flown off, moving onto ...

This is the season when dozens of ducks — most of them wild, many just passing through — descend on the placid waters of Lake Catherine at Long’s Park. But this spring’s raft of ducks is different.

These lovers come from different sides of the quacks. An off-Broadway version of “West Side Story” has been playing out in Central Park this spring, as a male wood duck has found love with a female ...