You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Winter along the coast is often a quiet season. Ice forms on the bay, ...

Since 1955, the estimated number of mallard ducks wintering in South Carolina has shown a steady drop, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife reports. Many of us would like to reverse this trend. I'm ...

Despite a wind chill of 18°F with snow swirling, I ventured outside on Tuesday with only an hour of daylight left to deal with the layer of ice-crusted snow burying our motor chariots. Since ...

More than 1 million ducks and geese will be spending their winter throughout areas such as the Merced County wildlife refuges and surrounding state wildlife areas as they escape the northern winter ...

Laguna de Santa Rosa — First light lifts over the Laguna and the water stirs: pintails skim the shallows, teal chatter in tight circles, and a raft of mallards lifts off like a shaken rug. If you’ve ...

Several duck species have been heading north in recent decades, according to an ambitious new study that both confirms and complicates some popular impressions. Prompted by public concern about ...

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If we say someone’s an “odd duck,” it means they have a quirky personality or unusual habits. The expression comes from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, “The Ugly Duckling,” in which (spoiler ...