Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

A bill filed Wednesday could soon crown the mallard duck as Arkansas' official state duck. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jack ...

Student artists, art educators and mentors, the 2025 Montana Junior Duck Stamp Contest is receiving entries until March 21. Entries can be mailed or hand delivered to Lee Metcalf National Wildlife ...

The owner of Long Island’s last remaining duck farm, forced to cull its entire flock of nearly 100,000 Pekin ducks last month in response to an outbreak of avian flu, says he is “truly scared” ...

The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is being found in many wild birds in many different areas of Connecticut according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Waterfowl ...

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...

For the past three years, mid-July to mid-August has been duck season Kira Fennell. No, she’s not a hunter, she’s an artist. Growing up in Hutchinson, Fennell can think of several ...

The Nebraska waterfowling season in that unit continued until Feb. 9. It took me about 5 minutes to check off a few days in late January for a hunt.

The competition draws hundreds of artists, from veterans to high school students, who compete to have their art featured on the stamp. This cute animal has raised over $1.2B through a nearly ...

The virus is circulating in some wild birds here. But so far, it hasn’t spread to any commercial poultry flocks or dairy ...