QUESTION: Why do ducks quack? ANSWER: Braeleigh, I loved your question because even though I think about how animals act all the time, this was honestly something I had never thought about before! In ...
The mysterious “bio-duck” sounds in the ocean that have baffled seafarers for decades are actually calls from unseen populations of minke whales, scientists say. The discovery detailed in the journal ...
Everybody’s heard a duck quack before, but have you ever heard one quack for 30 seconds straight? Cheese and Quackers recently shared an adorable video of their duck, Oatmeal, quacking nonstop, and we ...
There is an old wives’ tale that a duck’s quack has no echo. This has been proven not to be true in what can only be described as the best duck experiment ever. But the rumor has a basis in truth.
A duck quack fits the bill as a less stressful alternative to car horns, scientists have found. Researchers at Soongsil University in Seoul, South Korea, tested variations of the classic “ah-oo-gah” ...
A mysterious duck-like sound recorded in the ocean around Antarctica has baffled scientists for decades, but the source of the sound has finally been found, researchers say. For more than 50 years, ...
You’ve heard that old saying: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck – it’s a duck!” I offer you another version: “If it looks ...