Chickens
Why Newborn Chicks Love Objects That Defy Gravity
A clever new study shows the cute critters will often scuttle toward a video of a rising ball
Bird Flu Causes the Death of an 11-Year-Old in Cambodia
A father and daughter both contracted avian influenza, the first cases in the country since 2014
Why Chickens Need to Stop Breeding With Their Wild Cousins
The red junglefowl is losing important genetic diversity in its native Asian habitat
Lab-Grown Meat Is Safe to Eat, FDA Says
The “no kill” product cultivated from animal cells has only small regulatory hurdles left before it can be sold in restaurants
How Much Meat Should We Eat?
To be sustainable, scientists say we should consume fewer animals products
Researchers Pinpoint Date When Chickens Were First Domesticated
New findings push back the fowl’s domestication thousands of years
New Animal Welfare Law Could Drive Up Pork Prices in California—and Nationwide
In 2018, Californians overwhelmingly supported Proposition 12, an initiative designed to create humane conditions for farm animals
Archaeologists Discover—and Crack—an Intact, 1,000-Year-Old Chicken Egg
Human waste in a cesspit in Israel preserved the shell and its contents for a millennium
Ancient Athenians Used a Jar Filled With Chicken Bones to Curse Their Enemies
The object's owners inscribed the names of at least 55 intended victims on its surface
Can New Technologies Eliminate the Grim Practice of Chick Culling?
As the U.S. egg industry continues to kill male chicks, scientists are racing to develop accurate and affordable ways to sex a chick before it hatches
In a Global First, Lab-Grown Chicken Nuggets Will Soon Be on the Menu in Singapore
By culturing cells, food scientists have learned to grow meat in a lab without killing any animals or relying on deforestation
A Journey Around the World, as Told Through Chicken Soup
In her latest book, Portland-based chef Jenn Louis catalogs more than 100 recipes from 64 countries
How Did the Norman Conquest Change English Cuisine?
After the invasion of 1066, pork and possibly chicken spiked in popularity
Hares and Chickens Were Revered as Gods—Not Food—in Ancient Britain
New research indicates that Iron Age Britons venerated brown hares and chickens long before modern Easter celebrations
Archaeologists Crack the Case of 1,700-Year-Old Roman Eggs
Two of the eggs broke open during excavation, but one remains intact
A Rooster Named Maurice Can Keep on Crowing, French Court Rules
‘Maurice has won a battle for the whole of France,” the bird’s owner said
Chickens Might Lay Your Future Prescriptions
Tests show cancer-fighting and immune-boosting proteins can be produced in the egg whites of genetically-modified cluckers
A German Grocery Chain Is Selling First-Of-Its-Kind "No-Kill" Eggs
Every year, billions of male chicks are euthanized by the egg and poultry industry, but new tech could end the chick culling
Chicken Bones May Be the Legacy of Our Time
A new study argues that the sheer abundance of chicken consumption, coupled with the strange skeletons of modern chickens, will leave a unique fingerprint
How Do Tiny Chicks Crack Out of Their Eggs?
The secret is in the egg shells' nanostructure
