Even the farmer’s daughter who fed the birds was heard to say to her father, ‘Have you seen the new brood of ducklings? There’s a clumsy grey one!’ and the ugly duckling felt sure that ...

The university has asked birdwatchers and nature lovers to send in photos of ducklings in a brood in the wild to help the research. PhD student Hannah Coburn, who is leading the study, said ...

The unwitting hens then raise the interlopers as their own ducklings—and don’t seem to realize that they’ve adopted another hen’s brood despite vast differences in duckling size or behavior.

Duckling production using low-cost incubators has emerged as a promising enterprise for rural youth. The demand for ...

The fourth floor flat has a balcony which keeps the duck and her brood safe, but it's a long way down to the street below. As footage on Landward reveals, the duck leads her babies from the flat ...

Nine of the ducklings were unharmed but three did not survive the fall and a fourth is being cared for by the RSPCA. RSPCA Insp Leanne Cooper said it was a "relief" after the mother and her brood ...