One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. The fluffy chick climbs to the narrow opening of its nest and peeks over the edge. Its mother paddles in a ...

The reminder comes after a driver stopped on I-694 to save ducks this week and posted on social media how the State Patrol frowned on the action. A driver on Interstate 694 in Little Canada this week ...

At least eight baby wood ducks were saved from a storm drain near 7th Street and 15th Avenue in East Moline and reunited with their mother Monday afternoon after they were found by a Quad City ...

Q: I snapped a photo of a female hooded merganser leading her ducklings in the water. But here’s the strange part: They weren’t all the same species as their mother — some were wood ducks, some were ...

One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack.

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 ...

When it comes to cute and cuddly-looking animals, baby ducks are often at the top of the list. That's because most of these birds start off with soft and delicate-looking down feathers, giving them a ...

Wild populations of the rare Maccoa duck, an African wetland species, have been dwindling for decades. There numbers are estimated at only 5,000 wild individuals. But the United Kingdom’s Chester Zoo ...

If there's one type of internet content guaranteed to make every animal lover smile, it has to be a video showing a flock of fuzzy ducklings waddling contentedly behind a confident cat through the ...