Connecticut wildlife biologists are seeking the public’s help in gauging the reproductive health of mallard ducks in the state. Also known as the “greenhead” for the males’ emerald mantles, mallards ...

The breeding population of ducks in North America was estimated at 32.3 million this spring, down 7% year-over-year and 9% from the long-term mean, according to the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status ...

In the 1999-2000 duck season, duck hunters killed nearly 1.13 million mallards compared to about 311,000 in the 2022-23 duck season. That's a 72% reduction. Luke Naylor, chief of the Arkansas Game and ...

Mallard numbers, at about 640,000, were down about 10% from last year, and the blue-winged teal index of 925,000 was down slightly from last year. North Dakota's spring breeding duck index is up ...

A broad-based group of waterfowl researchers, including state and federal biologists from the Central and Mississippi flyways, are teaming up on a project to put GPS transmitters on 25 mallard hens ...

Aug. 18—MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Continental breeding duck populations are down 7% from 2022, Ducks Unlimited said Friday, Aug. 18, in reporting results from the annual spring North American waterfowl survey ...