Eight years ago, a duck fell from the nest where he was born, perched high above somewhere in the San Antonio Zoo. Most ducks would have fluttered down softly and eventually flown off, moving onto ...

Big, hardy, and adaptable: the mallard duck is found all throughout the Western Hemisphere. Despite its international range, you can call the mallard America’s duck. Of all duck species, the mallard ...

DEAR JOAN: I have been “hosting” a family of seven ducklings and a mother mallard duck for about a month and a half in my backyard swimming pool. I am not sure how they got here, as the yard is ...