Birds have evolved to fit particular environments. Eggs have evolved along with the birds. The eggs that birds will lay this spring will vary in shape and color to facilitate successful hatching in a ...

If you lay something on the ground, it’s bound to get dirty. And that’s a good thing — at least for blue-footed boobies, which lay their eggs in shallow nests dug into the dirt. The dirtier the egg, ...

If you have seen a nest with bright blue eggs, you may be wondering what the unique pigmentation does. Now, researchers in a new study have discovered that the color could shield harmful sunlight, ...

As we enter summer and more people are looking at raising backyard chickens, they may be curious why chicken eggs can be different colors. Most eggs are white or brown, but they also come in other ...

Blue tit eggs that were laid in urban parkland were 5% larger than eggs laid in a nearby forest, which could be due to differences in the amount of calcium available to birds in urban and forest ...

BETHLEHEM TWP. − Who needs the Easter Bunny when you can raise chickens that lay colored eggs? On their five acres of paradise, Jason and Stephanie Haines and their six children raise nearly 150 ...

I love chickens. They are a beautiful bird that not only provides us with endless amounts of eggs and easy to cook, delicious meat, but they are a joy to own. Just to stop what you are doing and watch ...