Robotics researchers regularly turn to the natural world for inspiration, and those working on machines that fly are no different. An international team of scientists has taken this approach to ...

About three days into his role as the titular character's voice in Howard the Duck, Robin Williams quit out of frustration because he was "being handcuffed in order to match the flapping duck's bill." ...

It’s been widely known that Robin Williams was courted for and auditioned for Willard Huyck’s 1986 misfire “Howard the Duck,” but it turns out the iconic comedian booked the role and quit after only a ...

PEDERNALES, Ecuador -- Rescuers searching through quake-collapsed buildings in Ecuador have found an unusual survivor: A flapping duck that had been buried under a pile of rubble. The white-and-brown ...

Mike Romano says, “Reading the story (in the Monday column) about Pat Atkinson having a flapping duck in her fireplace reminded me of an encounter shortly after I moved to Lake Rosemound, many years ...

The past few years have seen a whole flotilla of drone types that emulates nature’s most fearsome birds of prey—aerial predators that can zoom, dodge, hover, attack and scope out targets at incredible ...

Duck-shooting season starts today with three extra high-tech gadgets at the modern hunter's disposal. The life-like Flapping Splasher is one of three new decoys designed by Christchurch company ...