Although Claire-Laurence Mestrallet, head of jewellery at Adam’s, must still be reeling from the sale of the Kashmir sapphire ...

A pothole has shut down two lanes of I-294 in the Southwest Suburbs and several vehicles have tire blowouts. Illinois drivers will be paying a little more for their gas starting Tuesday. The ...

There can be as many as 1,000 common eider nests per acre on some islands. At one and a half feet long, common eiders are the Northern Hemisphere’s largest duck. Birds in the St. Lawrence region are ...

RHONDELLA. OKEY DOKEY. WELL, PUTTING PEOPLE’S STRENGTH TO THE TEST IN HONOR OF DUCK BOAT SEASON. TEAMS OF TEN RACED AGAINST THE CLOCK TO PULL. GET THIS A 21,000 POUND DUCK BOAT ACROSS THE BOSTON ...

Common eider duck. Picture: istockphoto Pope Julius II, Michelangelo’s difficult patron, had the songbirds exterminated in the Vatican gardens because their singing annoyed him.

Let’s take a look at three common skin bumps that aren’t acne but still need a solution. Milia Milia are small, white raised bumps on the skin, often resembling tiny grains of sand.

The Millennial-coded duck lips are being formally replaced by the "Gen Z pout." Trust: Once you see it, you won't stop seeing it.

But back in October, an avid duck hunter from South Dakota saved himself the lengthy, bucket-list trip when he shot the first king eider ever confirmed in the Mount Rushmore State.

Common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) male / drake in breeding plumage flapping wings along the North Sea coast in winter. (Photo: Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Common eiders are the largest ducks in the northern hemisphere, and their bigger bodies produce warm, highly sought-after down — the most expensive down on the market by a large margin. Once she’s ...

A visit to a Wisconsin aviary inspired Adam Grimm of Wallace, South Dakota to paint a spectacled eider for the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Grimm's painting took first among 239 entries.