Duck

    The duck-billed platypus has long enjoyed a role as natures jester. We all know this animal is funny-looking, but the bizarre facts of this strange creatures life go far beyond its appearance. The platypus has some of the strangest attributes, habits, and...

    SMART NEWSWild Fox Kills 25 Flamingos and a Duck at the National ZooThe incident is the first time a predator has broken into the exhibit in its 50 year historyThe zoo's flamingos live in a 9,750-square-foot outdoor yard with a heated pool and barn.Sm...

    During Disney+'s first TCA today, the service revealed the official trailer and key Art for The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, the Original Series premiering Friday, March 26. Take a look as Coach Bombay come at of retirement below.In the 10-episode se...

    Cat burglar Charlie with Martha, 11 (Image: Tom Wren SWNS) Meet Britains most prolific cat burglar - a cheeky feline that brings home stolen items including toys, cutlery, glasses, and even skateboards. Charlie - dubbed Klepto Cat - pinches a random...

    Bane the Weimaraner goes for an ornamental duckYou’d have thought confronting a much smaller creature would be water off a duck’s back for a big dog. But that wasn’t quite the case for this Weimaraner when he came face to face with an ornamental d...

    It had not previously been proven ducks could mimic human speech (stock photo) (Image:Getty Images/iStockphoto)A duck in Australia has been recorded muttering you bloody fool after learning to mimic his keeper. The fowl-mouthed bird, named Ripper, wa...

    Chances are, this isn’t going on duck.BWFolsom/iStock via Getty Images PlusThis post originally appeared on Salon by Ashlie D. Stevens.In the six years that I've been frequenting Asian Wok, the small Chinese takeout counter a few blocks from my apar...

    Chances are, this isn’t going on duck.BWFolsom/iStock via Getty Images PlusThis post originally appeared on Salon by Ashlie D. Stevens.In the six years that I've been frequenting Asian Wok, the small Chinese takeout counter a few blocks from my apar...

    In 1952, Disney released the 7-minute cartoon "Applecore" featuring Donald Duck and Chip 'n Dale, the mischievous fast-talking chipmunks.In this short, Donald plays an apple farmer whose crops are being eaten by Chip 'n Dale, so Donald...

    For many children of the '80s, a good portion of your childhood probably revolved around sitting too close to the TV, clutching a plastic safety cone-colored hand gun and blasting waterfowl out of a pixilated sky in Duck Hunt (also, trying to blow th...

    As exclusively predicted on SPEEDtv.com yesterday (click here for story), the FIA stewards have decided that they are not in a position to make a judgment on Spyker's protest against Scuderia Toro Rosso.Almost 24 hours after the protest was delivered...

    In 1952, Disney released the 7-minute cartoon "Applecore" featuring Donald Duck and Chip 'n Dale, the mischievous fast-talking chipmunks.In this short, Donald plays an apple farmer whose crops are being eaten by Chip 'n Dale, so Donald...

    For many children of the '80s, a good portion of your childhood probably revolved around sitting too close to the TV, clutching a plastic safety cone-colored hand gun and blasting waterfowl out of a pixilated sky in Duck Hunt (also, trying to blow th...

    IStockIn the middle of a raging storm in 1992, a cargo ship carrying a huge assortment of vinyl toys tipped over. Descending into the Pacific were nearly 29,000 tub playthings, including untold thousands of rubber ducks. Bobbing and drifting, the tin...

    Due to the overpopulation of some dating apps *cough Tinder* so-called elite dating apps have arried to make finding a mate an exclusive club. One of those apps, The Inner Circle, has 1.3 million users in 41 cities across 25 countries. Meanwhile, the...

    Not a lame duck.Saeid Anvar, PexelsSince new U.S. presidents and members of Congress elected in November don’t actually take office until the following January, this creates an awkward gap for their predecessors. With diminished influence and little...

    Earlier this month, people in Central Park noticed the presence of . As quickly as he was there, he was gone. But he’s back. With his bright pink beak, mohawk of blue and gold, and proud chest feathers of royal purple, the mysterious visitor has ret...

    The river spreads out beneath the concrete deck of the Bong Bridge. A flat plain of decaying ice extends from the Minnesota riverbank to the wooded Wisconsin shore looming larger through the windshield of my road-weary Pacifica. Im headed east to App...

    Shaved King David apples, honey roasted autumn squash, watercress, sliced Sonoma duck breast, drunken figs, local chevre, cider emulsionRecipe courtesy of Chef Brian FrakesIngredients2ea King David apples1 ea butternut squash3oz honey2oz olive oil4oz...

    IStockIn the middle of a raging storm in 1992, a cargo ship carrying a huge assortment of vinyl toys tipped over. Descending into the Pacific were nearly 29,000 tub playthings, including untold thousands of rubber ducks. Bobbing and drifting, the tin...