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

Challenging on the wing, widely distributed, and excellent on the table, the canvasback is the paragon of diving ducks, just as the mallard symbolizes the dabblers. Today, the canvasback is ...

There are three main types of ducks: dabbling, diving and perching, each classified by their habitat and behavior. Dabbling ducks feed on the water's surface, diving ducks plunge below the surface ...

H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health ...

This good news for diver duck hunters is based on increased numbers of canvasbacks and scaup in the continental breeding duck survey. Based on an increase in breeding waterfowl populations and ...

Many people think of spring as the ideal time to find, view and photograph ducks. Although spring can be a wonderful season ...

SHIJIAZHUANG -- Nearly 120 Baer's Pochards, which are critically-endangered diving ducks, have been observed wintering in Hengshui Lake national nature reserve in North China's Hebei province. Images ...

The birds, typically Red-breasted and Common Mergansers, are native diving ducks often found on lakes. Video from Chicago beaches over the weekend shows dozens of dead mergansers washed ashore ...

SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 120 Baer's Pochards, which are critically-endangered diving ducks, have been observed wintering in Hengshui Lake national nature reserve in north China's ...