Ruthie the Duck Girl, a legendary French Quarter eccentric known for skating from bar to bar on roller skates often accompanied by a couple of ducks, has returned to her former skating grounds. And ...

LEWISTON – Ducks and dogs are proving to be a winning combination for artist Catherine Temple. The Clarkston resident, who is an avid hunter and birder, was recently selected by the Washington ...

Black took to Facebook to share his winning entry of a pintail. It was a good year for pintails at the annual Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, which took place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa ...

Twenty-six years ago, Maryland farmer Robert Bealle finished second in the Federal Duck Stamp art contest, when his painting of redheads lost to a pair of American wigeons. This year, he won by ...

BEDFORD - I sabelle Kapoian is still processing the good news. One week after being named runner-up in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's annual junior duck-stamp art contest, the idea that a ...

A new rule in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, requiring artists to include hunting themes in their submissions, has raised eyebrows and objections in the duck painting community. By Christine Hauser ...

A Richfield artist completed his sweep of the state’s five wildlife stamp contests by winning the 2017 duck stamp competition. The Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that Timothy ...

This story originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of mental_floss magazine. Subscribe to our print edition here, and our iPad edition here. The Federal Duck Stamp Contest is the most ...

Drake ducks are among nature’s most attractive animals. The drakes painted by wildlife artist Adam Grimm appear no less fabulously foppish than the real thing. It is easy to appreciate the mallard ...

A painting of a pair of wood ducks by rural Ladysmith artist Craig Fairbert is the 2010 Wisconsin waterfowl stamp contest winner, completing Fairbert’s goal of winning all five stamp contests ...