Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still ...

So, my friends, we might take courage from the Wood Duck, ruffle our feathers, and leap! Not expecting to fly right away, but ...

Another study in a series on Wood Ducks at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has found that 2024 was a productive year for the birds, with record-high nesting attempts, eggs laid, eggs hatched, and ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is ...

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