A group of Indian Runner ducks march past farm buildings at the Vergenoegd wine estate near Cape Town, South Africa, May 11, 2016. Each day, a quack squad of killer ducks are released for the first of ...

Indian runner ducks have been used in Asia for thousands of years to control pests. Now they're used in a South African vineyard to eat snails that damage the vines. (Sarah Birnbaum for NPR) On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Wendell Roelf STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (Reuters) - At 9.45 a.m. each day, more than 1,000 Indian Runner ducks are released ...

The Port of Tacoma has been waging a slow war against (wait for it) a snail for more than a decade. Somehow, the Mediterranean vineyard snail found its way from Europe to the port. Since 2006, port ...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa – The quacking is soft at first amid the vineyards that roll for miles in this South African wine-making town. But then the duck handlers whistle and wave their white flags, ...

You've heard about the running of the bulls — how about the running of the birds? Each morning, hundreds of ducks are released to patrol a Cape... For This Vineyard, It's Duck, Duck, Booze On ...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa, May 25 (Reuters) - At 9.45 a.m. each day, more than 1,000 Indian Runner ducks are released for the first of two sorties at South Africa's Vergenoegd vineyard in ...