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 ...

Claim to fame: The mallard is most recognized duck species in the world and is an extremely popular species with hunters and bird-watchers alike. In Missouri, as in other parts of the country, ...

As the expression goes, "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it probably is a duck." More common throughout the year in southeast Tennessee, the dabbler duck feeds by skimming the ...

No matter how good you think you are at identifying ducks, it’s easy to get confused, especially in the dim light of dawn or dusk. “Even the most experienced waterfowl hunter, on any given day, might ...

From Lake Okeechobee to the golf courses of west Boca Raton, urban mallard ducks are crossbreeding with wild mottled ducks. That amorous coupling of city duck with backwoods duck is making state ...

We assayed restriction site differences in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) within and among allopatric populations of the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and the American Black Duck (A. rubripes). The observed ...