SLIDELL, La. — Quack! Quack! A duck call ringtone helped a Louisiana firefighter rescue six ducklings from a storm drain. Spokesman Chad Duffaut of St. Tammany Fire District says even with realistic ...

Since the 1960s, a strange, repetitious quacking noise called a “bio-duck,” which can frequently be heard in the Southern Ocean, has puzzled marine biologists and underwater acoustic experts. A new ...

A sound like a duck heard in the Southern Ocean has confused scientists for 50 years. But the mystery has now been solved, according to research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

Of course George Bush is a lame duck. His poll numbers are dreadful, a hostile Democratic leadership runs Congress and core advisers like Karl Rove are checking out. But any president – even one this ...

For decades, researchers and submarine crews in icy waters off the coast of Antarctica have been picking up a mysterious quacking sound. The "bio-duck," as its called, has been heard on and off since ...

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.