That a parrot can copycat sounds is nothing new. But vocal learning is not common in animals. Researcher Carel ten Cate of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) of Leiden University has now discovered ...

Researchers recently discovered that Australian musk ducks raised in captivity can learn how to mimic human sounds Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Australian musk ducks just joined the — which includes ...

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In the waters around Antarctica, decades ago, humans heard a strange sound: a repeating noise that sounded like the quacking of a duck, if the duck was a giant kraken. In the years following the first ...

Adult musk ducks raised in captivity can mimic the sounds they heard as hatchlings, such as a pony snorting, a door slamming, a man coughing and even what was probably a former caretaker’s catchphrase ...

Ocean researchers have recorded unidentified "quack" sounds in the sea for years. Credit: Mayehem / Getty Images Both scientists and sailors alike have recorded unique, strange noises in the ocean for ...

As the expression goes: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Complicating the old adage, a male musk duck named Ripper could talk like a ...

We're talking about the sound of ducks, not real ducks, but humans making duck sounds. That is the sound of *** man made duck call from *** champion duck caller. And this weekend just across the ...