Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

Nearly a century would pass before Roger Strand ... wanted the additional property so he could erect his more than 115 wood duck boxes, which are proven incubators of these beautiful birds.

But while those colorful feathers may help the wood duck hide out among Michigan’s waterways, at the turn of the 20th century they played a key role in endangering this royal-looking waterfowl.

which was swept in four games by Century College. The Wood Ducks (27-8 overall, 12-0 in Minnesota College Athletic Conference play) took the first game on Friday in seven innings, 7-3, and the ...

Keegan Macemon knew he was joining a good team last spring when he committed to the Century College Wood Ducks baseball team. The Wood Ducks were coming off a trip to the national tournament the ...

David Watkins doesn't consider himself much of a duck hunter. He's taken two before, and would be OK if he never took another. But after seeing a few wood ducks ... of the 20th century after ...

WHITE BEAR LAKE —WHITE BEAR LAKE — The Ridgewater baseball team played its first game of the season in Minnesota on Thursday, traveling to Century College to face the Wood Ducks. Century beat ...

I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a friend’s ranch. Well, you know how that went, one became four and then eight on three different lakes. I was replacing some boxes ...

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Eli Roberts homered in Game One for the Central Lakes College Raiders as they lost twice to the Century College Wood Ducks 5-1 and 5-3 Tuesday, May 3. Ivan Villa was tagged ...

WILLMAR — Top-ranked Century College put together a sweep of the Ridgewater Warriors volleyball team on Friday. The Wood Ducks beat Ridgewater 25-16, 25-23 and 25-19 in the Minnesota College ...