If you have birds flocking to your yard, you could come outside one day to discover a wild bird egg laying in your grass or on your driveway. You may feel compelled to immediately pick it up and ...

“It’s likely that this egg became available — unprotected, kind of just left (in a nest) — and then they’ve taken the opportunity,” said Pete Smallbones, the zoo’s curator of birds.

Indeed, economists have for months pointed to a bird flu outbreak as a key reason for dwindling supplies of eggs across the U.S. coming from major producers. At Gregor Farm and Greenhouse in ...

But, whether you do it yourself or as a fun project with kids or grandkids, birds will be flocking to your yard with this ...

The Museum holds one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of blown birds’ eggs in the world as well as over 4,000 nests. In total we hold over 200,000 data-rich clutches of eggs, ...

Thousands of rare bird eggs were found at Daniel Lingham's home near Norwich A prolific egg thief who caused "huge destruction" to rare and threatened bird species has pleaded guilty to five charges.

Last spring, federal officials announced the spread of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu — first in cattle and then in humans who had contact with infected animals. Now, a person in ...

For more than two years, farmers have fought a battle with bird flu that at one point sent the price of a dozen regular eggs soaring to almost $5. Prices largely have retreated but they remain ...

Birds lay eggs of surprising variety, and scientists have long wondered why. Could it be that certain shapes protect eggs from shattering? Or perhaps allow them to fit snugly in a nest?

The egg usually hatches before the female returns to rear her chick, while the male – having not eaten for four months - makes the journey to the sea to feed himself but also provide for his chick.

2010). These and other cuckoo hosts appear to have evolved a simple rule of thumb to direct their behavior: "eject the egg unlike your own". But how does a bird know what its own eggs look like?

ANY notable geometrical symmetry in natural productions invites examination, and among such cases of symmetry the forms of hard-shelled eggs may be included. I remember, on chucking certain eggs ...