In this video, we take a closer look at the surprisingly dramatic love life of the mandarin duck. Behind every brightly colored drake is a low-key goth girlfriend - and the contrast is wild.

And if they don’t, they never were.” Looks like the Mandarin duck, native to East Asia, that mysteriously appeared in a Central Park pond on Oct. 10, is an official New Yorker. According to ...

The male mandarin duck is one of the most showy, spectacular birds wild across the region. This is a non-native duck brought all the way from the Far East perhaps as long as several centuries ago ...

A mother Mandarin duck shows her babies how to take their first flight out of the safety of the nest. The ducks show courage and one-by-one, they learn how to flap their wings and land safely on ...