Once among the most common ducks in North America, the lesser scaup was so abundant that scientists never bothered to study ...

Driving along Illinois State Highway 96 following the banks of the Mississippi River, the water appears sprinkled with salt and pepper. Closer examination reveals thousands of ducks—mostly lesser ...

The decision Thursday to significantly restrict the scaup (bluebill) harvest by Mississippi Flyway duck hunters this fall emboldens still further critics who claim U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Teal and doves typically dominate discussion when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Regulations Committee (SRC) meets each June to fashion annual frameworks for hunting early-season migratory game ...

The scaup, it could be said, are difficult ducks to deal with. Two species occur in North America, but you can’t tell by looking. Well, you can, but you have to know what you’re looking for, and you ...

Ducks are rarely studied over multiple decades. However, this is exactly what is taking place in Montana, in hopes that a 22-year duck study can help reverse the major population decline of the lesser ...