Each pack contained a yellow duck, a red beaver, a green frog, and a blue turtle, and the saltwater and currents quickly ...

As you wander around the pristine decks of a brand-new cruise ship, you stumble upon a curious sight: a small, bright yellow rubber duck staring up at you from the bottom of a potted plant.

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.

But many who arrived in the afternoon only found one duck intact, with the other reduced to a puddle of yellow plastic. Organizers said their staff found one of the ducks was overstretched due to ...