But don’t underestimate the stamina of the humble plastic duck – as this one proved. It bobbed all the way from the River Liffey in Dublin to the north of Scotland in 2024, where it was picked ...

A plastic duck has washed ashore in Orkney after an 18-year journey across the sea. It was one of 150,000 ducks released into the River Liffey in Dublin in 2006 as part of a world record attempt.

In late summer, Netflix soft-launched a new mobile port of the simulation game Placid Plastic Duck Simulator by Turbolento Games. Months later, Netflix has shelved all plans to release the game with ...