ON BIG RICE LAKE, NEAR VIRGINIA -- Morning is just breaking over Big Rice Lake, and John Backman is right where he loves to be. He's semi-reclined in his layout boat, surrounded by more than 2,000 ...

RICE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — Duane King goosed the motor, the propeller kicked to life, and the big airboat took off across the seemingly endless sea of wild rice. As grains of rice peppered ...

Among the smallest and most widespread puddle ducks, teal are found all over the world. They are surface and shallow-water feeders that prefer small marshes and ponds, sheet-water, and any other ...

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Minnesota duck hunters were granted a special early teal-hunting season, which opened Saturday at sunrise statewide. The season is allowed for three years under ...

Welcome Hatchlings! AGCZ Ringed Teal Ducks, Hades and Kore, welcomed new additions to their family in the Campbell Aviary. The hatchlings are doing well, and the aviary is open to guests. Please ...

Ducks can transfix people, waterfowlers in particular, prompting them to travel extraordinary distances, awaken far too early and stand in water so cold it rattles the bones. One attraction of these ...