Diving ducks, on the other hand, do as their name suggests, diving from 10 to 30 feet deep as they forage for clams, mussels, crayfish, crabs, and deeply submerged vegetation.

This unique diving duck has a small body and a relatively large head. The males are colorful and vibrant, with iridescent heads that appear black, purple, or green depending on the light. Buffleheads ...

From diving ducks to sea ducks to dabbling ducks, over 30 species of duck have been observed across the Commonwealth. WRIC ...

Wild populations of the rare Maccoa duck, an African wetland species, have been dwindling for decades. There numbers are ...

To train for this, Dokken has developed a diving version of his Deadfowl Trainer, which attaches to a fishing rod. He’ll skim it across the water and dunk it beneath the surface to simulate a wounded ...

Diving ducks have different table preferences. As the name implies, these ducks dive beneath the water’s surface in search of food. Because of this approach, diving ducks can reach food sources in ...

Diving ducks typically plunge beneath the water’s surface to feed on vegetation, worms and crustaceans. When taking flight, some species patter along the water’s surface like an airplane ...

Although diving ducks, or “divers,” will spend time on shallow ponds, frequent haunts for these rugged fowl include big-water lakes and rivers with typical feeding depths of 10-50 feet.

The ducks at the Great Lakes Aquarium aren't anywhere for winter, each has a story of how they ended up in the care of humans, but they do serve as excellent representatives of their species.

Ask any Stanford student about their struggles with college life and the words ‘duck syndrome’ and ‘imposter syndrome’ are likely to come up. Julianna Babayan writes on how students can ...