The immature male king eider has its own distinctive look, with an orange bill and white breast. Because of its rarity, many ...

Jeff McNeil, president of the Port Morien Wildlife Association, said a male common eider was discovered on Dec. 29 covered in oil along the island’s eastern coast. It’s condition is unknown.

A year-round inhabitant of the Arctic, the Steller's eider is known as “the bird that sat in the campfire” by the Inupiat Eskimo — a reference to the burnt coloring of the male eider's underside. With ...

So what makes eiderdown so expensive? Eiderdown is the soft under feathers of the common eider, used to protect it from arctic conditions and freezing cold seas. During the breeding season ...