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

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is still moving through Nevada’s Carson River, with levels in some waterfowl ...

If you travel to remote ponds in New Hampshire you may see a small colorful bird that was once threatened with extinction.The wood duck loves to find remote ponds where they will breed and raise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you decide to build your own or purchase a duck boxes help address habitat loss for cavity-nesting duck species. Nic Bray, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Braving the cold of winter, volunteers build boxes to help wood ducks nest and hatch their young in spring. Olympics 2026: How to ...

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds ...

Performances continue through March 15. The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ( presents the Isidore Quartet Friday at 7:30 ...

Charter Day is set for March 8 from noon to 4 p.m. at Historic Ephrata Cloister. The observance celebrates the 1681 charter for Pennsylvania that was granted to William Penn by King Charles II. Many ...

In the 1850s, W.G. Gresham settled one of the earliest claims on Swan Lake, in southern Minnesota, a stone’s throw from the small burg of Nicollet. Gresham, who later became a judge in St. Peter, Minn ...

Sunday, Feb. 22, was a sunny day with temperatures in the teens, but it didn’t stop 243 children from showing up to help build housing for wood ducks.