These are the various ways French, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Arabian, Hungarian, Russian, and Thai might imitate the call of a mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the most common duck in the world.

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 ...

Scientists have finally solved the decades-long mystery of the creepy underwater quack. The strange quacking sound was first heard in the 1960s, when a submarine expedition to the Southern Ocean ...

Ducks quack to each other in regional dialects, with London ducks drowning out their rural relatives, a researcher in Britain said Friday. Victoria de Rijke of Middlesex University compared ducks in ...

Mystery "quack-like" sounds detected in the ocean over 40 years may have been whales talking, suggests a new study. The noises were picked up in the Southern Ocean, off the coast of New Zealand, in ...