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

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The shimmery feathers of a male mallard might have a showy quality that appeals to prospective mates, but the water resistance and self-cleaning capabilities of iridescent feathers pale in comparison ...

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 ...

It’s opening day in the Atlantic Flyway and you already have your wood duck limit. Now it’s time to wait for a flock of greenheads to fly by. Finally, the mid-morning flight picks up, and a group of ...

Maynard G. Mallard got a makeover. He was never an ugly duckling to begin with as the face of Madison’s collegiate summer baseball team, which calls Warner Park, aka the Duck Pond, home. You could ...

A recent article published in PeerJ Life & Environment has uncovered insights into how mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) respond to approaching vehicles, revealing that these common waterbirds are poorly ...