Celebrity spotters in New York City, have a new star in their sights: A multi-coloured duck. The male mandarin duck - Aix galericulata - has found fame in the Big Apple after he appeared in ...

The name comes from the Chinese name for the mandarin duck, with "yuen" referring to the male duck and "yeung" to the female.

A pair of mandarin ducks is one of the most frequent symbols of happy marriage in China because these ducks were considered to mate for life and if one of them should die the other would pine away.

This tender and tasty duck is perfect to make and freeze-ahead. Asian spices flavour the meat which can be served in Chinese pancakes, available frozen from many Asian supermarkets, or on rice or ...