Big, hardy, and adaptable: the mallard duck is found all throughout the Western Hemisphere. Despite its international range, you can call the mallard America’s duck. Of all duck species, the ...

Hansen recommended that anyone who finds mallard ducks nesting in their yard should leave them alone and enjoy their company for a few weeks. Within 26 days they will be gone.

Vt. biologists take part in duck nesting study. Story by Ike ... Ike Bendavid traveled to Grand Isle to see biologists in ...

Wood ducks aren't as prevalent in Minnesota as mallards in part because they're not generally a prairie nesting bird. Some do nest in the state's farmlands, but many that do nest in man-made wood ...

"Mallard chicks are resilient and should survive the drop to the ground," the DNR said. "However, this nest is within a few hundred yards of an active bald eagle nest, so we do advise caution when ...

As of 8:53 a.m., one of the bald eagles had chased away the mallard duck, leaving the ducklings alone in the nest. Mama Duck takes off after she is spotted by a nearby bald eagle.

In a sudden twist, a female mallard duck has decided to move into the vacant eagle’s nest, laying eggs where the DNR had hoped to spy on a bald eagle couple this year.