At a time like this, when high cost of feed, dwindling purchasing power and other challenges are forcing many poultry farmers ...

Thinking about raising backyard chickens? Learn the rules, challenges and expert tips to ensure a healthy and productive flock.

Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning ...

As for "farm fresh" and "natural" labels, Consumer Reports says they're basically meaningless.

A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are ...

Eggs from many local farmers in southern Wisconsin are being sold for $6 per dozen, about the same or cheaper than those from ...

A bear biologist with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking people to start bear-proofing their backyards now ...

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

Almost four years from the day we moved into our rural abode, Richard Louv published a book called “Last Child in the Woods: ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

Egg production declined in February 2025. The USDA says 7.85 billion eggs were produced in February of this year, down 9% from February of last year. That was primarily due to the culling of some ...