Madagascar pochards spend almost all their time on water and, importantly, feed underwater. For this reason, a plan was conceived to convert Scottish salmon-farming cages into the world's first ...

When it wasn't seen for 15 years, the Madagascar pochard was believed to have been wiped out completely. Then a tiny group of the birds was rediscovered in 2006 at one remote lake.

Madagascar pochards hunt by diving; without shallow areas for the ducklings to feed, most died within weeks. Breeding efforts were more successful for the ducks in captivity.

Madagascar pochards are diving birds that probably feed on aquatic plants and invertebrates in shallow water. Males have a distinctive white iris. In late 2006, it was announced that the ...

Twenty-one Madagascar pochards -- a duck species considered exceedingly rare and thought to be extinct for 15 years -- were released this month from floating aviaries, or cages, made from Scottish ...

Madagascar pochards - once thought extinct - now number about 60 thanks to a new generation born in captivity. Madagascar pochards - once thought extinct ...

For years, the Madagascar pochard was thought to be lost forever. Now, 21 of the rare birds have been raised in captivity and released into the wild, with the help of conservationists, converted ...

The Madagascar pochard was believed to have been extinct until its rediscovery by chance on a single small lake Feathery foursome: Ducklings bred from the world's rarest duck, the Madagascar pochard ( ...

During an expedition to a remote northern region of the country in 2006, René de Roland and his team spotted a bird that researchers thought was extinct: the Madagascar pochard, a brown and white ...

When it wasn't seen for 15 years, the Madagascar pochard was believed to have been wiped out completely. Then a tiny group of the birds was rediscovered in 2006 at one remote lake.

Conservationists hope to save a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard from extinction The rarest bird in the world - a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard - has been given a new ...

The rarest bird in the world - a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard - has been given a new home in time for the new year. An international team of researchers released 21 of the birds ...