Topekan Byron Porter shot photos late last month of the multicolored mandarin duck that's been spending time in Topeka's Washburn Park at 2810 S.W. 10th Ave. "The colors that he's got are just insane, ...

Beauty in the animal kingdom isn’t just for show—it’s a survival tool, a way to attract mates, or even a disguise. A bird’s ...

The Mandarin duck that’s taking over the internet is back in New York City. Visitors to Central Park were unable to locate the duck earlier this week. But on Thursday morning, lucky bystanders caught ...

It's been around seven months since we last saw Mandarin Patinkin in New York City—having arrived in the city last October, he's now been gone longer than he's been here. And while we originally ...

NEW YORK — It took just days for the brightly colored Mandarin duck that appeared suddenly in a Central Park pond to turn both New Yorkers and visitors into a new gaggle: the quackarazzi. A horde of ...

LNT costume designer Kate Thaw drew from the subtle colors of their illustrations for the show. Except, Thaw said, she turned to the splendid colors of Mandarin ducks' plumage for the birds. She ...

Born in Settsu Province, near Osaka, in 1716, Yosa Buson moved to Edo (now Tokyo) as a young man, where he studied haikai literary traditions under Hayano Hajin. After Hajin’s death, he spent some ...