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 ...

Can I feed ducks bread? While many people have fond childhood memories of feeding bread to ducks, it has little nutritional value. Ducks find carbohydrate-rich baked goods tasty, but feeding them ...

Wychavon District Council has installed a new duck vending machine in Vines Park to help the birds receive a healthy diet.

Whether it’s cartoons, old wives’ tales, or well-meaning advice from family members, many myths about pet nutrition persist.

What could be cuter than watching a child feed bread to a family of ducks? Maybe watching a healthy duckling learn to search for natural food. That won’t happen if families continue to share their ...

A special vending machine for feeding ducks appropriate food has been installed in a park after complaints the birds are becoming ill due to people feeding them bread. It follows a request from ...

Fat off stale bread and hip to locations of warm sewage outflows, ducks are plentiful on the Allegheny River. “We saw hundreds of ducks today,” said hunter Tyler Bressler of Irwin as ...

Wild ducks tend to stick to whatever bugs they find, and they will eat food that is fed to them by park visitors or guests. Bread has been long regarded as a bad thing to feed wild birds.