When it comes to cute and cuddly-looking animals, baby ducks are often at the top of the list. That's because most of these birds start off with soft and delicate-looking down feathers, giving them a ...

Farmyards are fully diverse and integrated communities. They are societies in which different species of animals play differing, varying, and interesting roles. The animals of Stony Kreek Farm are no ...

The mutations responsible for the white down feathers and larger bodies of the Pekin duck, an elite breed, have been identified, shedding light on how this breed was improved during domestication. A ...

HALF of the twelve million ducks that are raised every year in the United States for the market spend their brief lives in one clattering, thirty-square-mile section of Long Island. There are about ...