Does the Bitterroot still fit the bill for harlequin ducks? A research project helmed by a University of Montana master’s student, Holli Holmes, will determine harlequin duck status in the Bitterroot ...

In 1949, two off-colored Khaki Campbell ducklings hatched on Leslie Bonnett's farm in Wales. The owner then started selectively breeding for the color mutation, creating what is known today as the ...

This project is designed to address, on a regional scale, the factors that influence harlequin duck distribution and productivity in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. This research ...

Once every few years, local bird watchers line the St. Clair River to get a view of a rare visit from a small flock of harlequin ducks. The shores of the local strait is perfect habitat for this sea ...

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A male harlequin duck, known to be at least 17 years old, was recently identified in Glacier National Park by University of Montana researchers and Glacier National Park ...

University researchers are on the hunt for sightings of a duck rarely seen in the Sierra Nevada. The harlequin duck is a distinctive waterfowl more known to Alaskans and residents of the Pacific ...

University of Montana graduate student Holli Holmes is changing the way Glacier Park studies waterfowl by introducing the use of environmental DNA capture techniques. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) ...

When Stephen Kloiber spotted a colorful duck swimming among a flock of common goldeneyes in late December in the Delaware River, he knew it didn't belong. It turns out it was a harlequin duck the ...

wilderness to winter along rocky ocean shores. Although only a few nests were found in the 20th century and the duck’s future looked bleak, the annual arrival of adults on the coast kept alive Valley ...