The gender of Laysan ducks can be told by their bill colors. The male is standing in front of the female. Today Laysan has about 500 ducks; Midway, about 1,000. Although numbers that low mean that ...

Population increases from 42 to 200 in only three years by The Garden Island The most highly endangered duck species, the Laysan teal, had a very successful 2007 breeding season at a refug-e that was ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced its intent to begin cleaning up toxic, lead-based paint at federal facilities on Midway Atoll that kills up to 10,000 Laysan ...

Laysan ducks, one of the world's most endangered waterfowl, are native to only the Hawaiian archipelago. For 150 years, Laysan ducks were restricted to an estimated 4 square kilometers of land on ...

You know those little kids who are always bringing home turtles or tadpoles? What happens when they grow up? At least some of them end up in places like Eastern Island, one of the islets that make up ...

Twenty-eight endangered Laysan ducks, Anas laysanesis, were successfully translocated on Sept. 3 within Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Wildlife biologists from the state Department of ...

Three years ago, biologists dressed all in black crept around the wetlands of a small desert island in the middle of the night. Their goal: to capture 20 Laysan Ducks. Those snatched ducks became ...

Allozymic variation at 20 gene loci was estimated for populations of the Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) and the Hawaiian Duck (A. wyvilliana) from the Hawaiian archipelago, as well as for Mallard ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After what appeared to be an endangered Laysan duck was discovered in Hualien County on Dec. 30, bird watchers have flocked to the bird’s location, only for its owner to reveal ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and affiliated agencies for their failure to clean up toxic, lead-based ...