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 ...

WEST GLACIER, Mont. - Researchers at Glacier National Park and the University of Montana recently identified at 17-year-old male harlequin duck. It's a rare find, since the average lifespan of a ...

Waves rise and pour over the sea wall at Illinois Beach State Park’s north unit on a chilly, windy winter day. I am dressed in layers, with warm socks and hiking boots, shivering. Bouncing on the ...

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Various pines, firs and spruces add green to the outdoors in cold, gray December, and I welcome them. But I also study the landscape this time of year to search for rare surprises with colorful hues ...

The harlequin duck, a male, had a silver band around a leg. The band was so old and worn, Glacier National Park biological science technician Lisa Bate couldn’t even make out a number on it. She ...

Sep. 4—It's early in the morning and University of Montana graduate student Holli Holmes is already hip-deep in work, literally. On a smokey Aug. 10 morning, Holmes and her fellow Glacier National ...

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) ...