THE last faint rumble of the retreating wagon fell upon the ear as something significant and epochal. Fifty miles to westward passed the nearest railroad line; fifty miles to eastward the next nearest ...

Contrafreeloading (CFL), i.e. choosing food which requires work over free food, occurs at a higher rate in red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) compared to White Leghorn layers. We examined whether this ...

White hens make up just 8% of the UK’s egg output. But with laying cycles of 100 weeks possible in some breeds and sustainability credentials that tick boxes for retailers and consumers, there is ...

“The best is yet to come, and babe won’t it be fine.” Frank Sinatra’s voice, that pulsing cadence and liquid phrasing, came out of the den as my mother drank scotch with friends, and Thomas the ...