Turtle biologists have not resolved the mystery of turtle egg shapes, but ornithologists have come up with hypotheses for why, depending on the species, birds generally lay round eggs or ...

Like chicken eggs, the USDA inspects eggs from other types of domesticated birds, such as ducks, turkeys, and geese. The Egg ...

especially in the study of egg mimicry, ultraviolet (UV) light sensitivity, and their role in shaping the sensory ecology and behavioral patterns of diverse bird species (Hubbard et al.

Many bird species, like sparrows, doves ... They provide a safe place for birds to lay eggs and raise their young, protecting ...

D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years. At its simplest the nest is any structure made by a bird in which eggs are laid ...

Birds lay eggs of surprising variety ... and her colleagues examined almost 50,000 eggs from more than 1,400 species. They classified the eggs based on their asymmetry and ellipticity, discovering ...

laid its eggs in other birds’ nests and eventually crowded out the eggs of the other birds, wiping out the other species.

To increase productivity, breeders sometimes remove eggs or newly hatched birds from their parents ... care for a bird who can live 60 years and beyond. Although some bird species are marketed for ...

The number of workers at a Franklin County commercial egg farm who have now tested positive for avian influenza has increased ...

Disney has a role in the attempt to get an almost-extinct species of bird called the Guam kingfisher back home and back on ...

with the eggs hatching after about a month. Chinstraps nurture both chicks in the clutch simultaneously, whereas other species give precedence to the stronger chick. Penguins might be tough birds, but ...

Many bird species are nesting and laying eggs almost a month earlier than 100 years ago, according to a new study published in the journal Journal of Animal Ecology. By comparing recent ...