Illumination and Universal Pictures’ upcoming animated family film Migration follows the misadventures of a family of ducks living in a New England pond. The feathered family is made up of parents ...

Hang around the ducklings right after they hatch. The birds open their eyes and immediately start looking for a caregiver. By Malia Wollan “Ducklings will imprint on anything that moves that’s bigger ...

This time of year it’s not uncommon to see a mama duck or goose on the lake with a dozen or so little ones following close behind. Ever wonder why they follow her? It’s not for the food, because she ...

Say the word “imprinting,” and most people envision little ducklings following their mother, or maybe following the ethologist and Nobel laureate Konrad Lorenz, who studied the phenomenon in the 1930s ...

When baby animals such as ducklings are born, they begin to identify and follow their mother around through a process called imprinting. Scientists say a duckling can imprint on its mother in as ...