Make way as this tiny duckling waddles into the spotlight, ready to charm us with its playful antics! Ducks, with their vibrant plumage and cheerful quacks, epitomize the rural idyll, but they are also found in urban environments. When ducklings arrive in spring, they steal the show. Tiny and fluffy, they follow their mothers dutifully, learning the ways of water with each paddle and peck. And by feeding on insects and algae, they are also helping to keep aquatic ecosystems in balance.
A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
Today in History
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Sanday Island and the North Sea, Scotland
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah
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Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
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Giving Tuesday
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Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Floating market, Kaptai Lake, Bangladesh
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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Celebrating 78 years of Everglades National Park
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Beavers Bend
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Don’t look down
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Penguin Awareness Day
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National Bison Day
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Ponta Delgada
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Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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World Meerkat Day
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Native American Heritage Day
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National Mushroom Month
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Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
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Feeling crabby?
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For Hispanic Heritage Month: Out of Many, One
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A growing business
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The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Big dreams require a big sleigh
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Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
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Earthrise on Moon Day
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