The poor female mallard duck above was brought to Upper West Side veterinary hospital Animal General in bad shape Wednesday afternoon—they believe the duck was attacked by an off-the-leash dog in Central Park. It had most of its bill torn off and half its tongue missing, as well as lacerations to the back of its head, according to practice administrator Karen Heidgerd. "It’s one of the worst things we’ve seen," she told DNAInfo. The duck had to be euthanized due to the extensive injuries. more ›

We know many things delay the subways—track fires, signal problems—but did you realize that our fine-feathered friends can also fowl things up? For instance, yesterday, there were 45 minutes on the N yesterday because of a duck and a hawk. more ›

Yesterday it was announced that crack-pie hotspot Momofuku Milk Bar was moving out of its shared digs with East 13th Street's Ssam Bar and going all the way across the street. And today we find out what's happening in the newly vacated space: duck. A lot of it. Starting next week, Chang and Co., who have previously been best known for their work with pigs, are installing a rotisserie in the former Milk Bar space and turning weekday lunch service at Ssam Bar into a regular ol' duck party, complete with duck over rice, a duck sandwich with duck-liver mousse, duck charcuterie and duck wonton soup. And looking around the city's dining scene, it's becoming clear that Chang isn't the only one going ducking crazy. more ›

Aw, cute and creepy: Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has dispatched a man dressed in a duck outfit—dubbed "Mario Jr."—to tail (get it?) Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo at events. The deep-pocketed Tea Party fave's spokesman says, "Andrew Cuomo ducks vital policy questions like Obamacare because he knows New Yorkers won't support his tired progressive agenda." Remember when Paladino was talking about Obamacare in March: "I fear the results of Obamacare will be so horrific that it will kill more Americans through deteriorating health care than were lost on 9-11. Nothing can lessen the terrible events of that day, but in terms of raw numbers more will suffer and die through Obamacare." more ›

A Prospect Park duck is the latest lake-dweller to suffer from the string of bad luck that animals in the area have been having. According to the watchdogs at Courier-Life, do-gooders Anne-Katrin Titze and Ed Bahlman tried to save a Cayuga duck named Shadow that they believed was shot with a BB gun. After monitoring the duck they noticed it wasn't eating, stayed on the land, and wasn't attempting to flee when they approached him. Bahlman told the paper it seemed like the duck wanted them to take action, and that's exactly what they tried to do. more ›

The folks at the Farm Sanctuary tell us three young ducks were just saved from some bullies in Boro Park, Brooklyn (where they were "mercilessly being taunted and abused of a group of children"). They report back from the scene more ›

It turns out that you can buy duck hearts at Ottomanelli's Meat Market (285 Bleecker Street) in 5 pound bags for something like $3-4 a pound. Just order a bag and in a few days you will have an abundance of duck hearts to play with! Thaw them just enough to separate them into ziplock bags with maybe 1/2 pound duck hearts in each, label the bags with the date and contents, and freeze whatever you don't cook immediately. more ›