Mallards over the 30 percent farm-raised DNA threshold are showing poor migration habits The author's drake mallard and three ...

That is to say, the first drake (male) duck ... egg hatching, presumably to provide extra protection. All of which brings up an interesting point — the impact of human actions on the mallard ...

Within days, the mallard — eventually dubbed Gertie by a writer at The Journal — was attracting thousands of people to the bridge in hope of seeing the duck's eggs hatch. By the time the ...