For example, Martha's beloved Araucana chickens carry a specific gene that enables them to lay beautiful blue and green eggs. Alternatively, the Rhode Island Red breed of hen lays brown eggs due ...

The afternoon commenced with a first-play salvo. But it didn't deliver a knockout. The Blue Hens were frequently reminded Saturday that 60 minutes, not 60 seconds, would decide their fate in a ...

FILE - The Department of Justice seals is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) (Jose Luis ...

A team of scientists has developed a system for culturing eggs that replaces the opaque eggshell of domestic white leghorn chickens (Gallus domesticus), allowing the observation of the bird's ...

Chickens are the world’s most numerous domestic animal. In order to understand when, where, and how they first became associated with human societies, we critically assessed the domestic status of ...