David Watkins doesn't consider himself much of a duck hunter. He's taken two before, and would be OK if he never took another. But after seeing a few wood ducks fly near his property in York County, ...

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — December marks Georgia’s hunting season for various game animals, including ducks. While hunters gear up for the season, state wildlife agencies are busy preparing habitats for ...

Few birds, in Ohio or anywhere else, can rival the drake wood duck for sheer gaudiness. It’s as if a team of great artists was commissioned to design and color the fowl. Rodin sculpted the graceful ...

Wood ducks are known to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds — an act known as brood parasitism Earlier this month, wildlife artist and photographer Laurie Wolf peeped some exciting activity in ...

Wood ducks are thriving today in wetland areas across the United States. But this wasn't always the case, according to a new regional blog post from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Once on ...

Springtime forests explode with color. As they begin to green out, trees and shrubs take on a lime glow. Early blooming flowers like trout lily, Virginia bluebell, Jack-in the-pulpit, spring beauty, ...

BRAINERD, MINN. — Minnesotans with eyes and ears toward the outdoors likely know about the recent passing of Don (Duckman) Helmeke. Duckman had a passion for waterfowl -- in particular wood ducks -- ...

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter Farms is currently caring for Maybelline, a wood duck surrendered by a family who kept her as a pet. Maybelline's case highlights the harm in keeping wild animals ...

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 ...

A vlogger with a duck named Wrinkle took a trip to the Buc-ee’s in Sevierville, Tennessee. Because of his duck, it was his last ever trip to a Buc-ee’s. In a video posted to his YouTube channel ...

The Saint Louis Zoo has closed two exhibits "until further notice" as a precaution after a wild wood duck found dead on zoo ...