What do chickens and people with a common reproductive disorder have in common? More than one might think -- and a widely-used diabetes medication might just be the surprising link.

More than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days.

When Martha Stewart gets a new cat or dog, the first thing she does is bite it on the mouth — “hard,” she specifies. “And it squeals. It knows then that I am its mother.” Martha, famed lifestyle ...

One of the world’s oldest cookbooks, De Re Coquinaria, contains recipes for familiar staples, along with more exotic fare.

At this time of year, birds often fly around carrying bits of grass, twigs, cobwebs—and sometimes, here on Capitol Hill, trash—for building nests. Many birds lay several clutches of eggs every ...

West Place Animal Sanctuary is gearing up for their first public visitors weekend of the year: Spring Visitors Weekend. The ...

A second peregrine chick born at a nesting site at Worcester Cathedral, which has featured on a webcam, has died. Parents Peter and Peggy produced four eggs at the cathedral, with the first hatching ...

Got an animal lover in the family? The Smithsonian National Zoo probably springs to mind as the first place to visit in DC.

Possible pros and cons of keeping chickens – whether for eggs or as a hobby – are weighed when municipal residents wanting chickens and municipal codes prohibiting the fowl clash. Chicken owners ...

Mount Isa sizzles in summer. Just ask caravan park co-owner and Outback Queensland ambassador Kylie Rixon who once forgot to collect her chooks' eggs (or bum-nuts, to use her colourful parlance ...

There’s a run on baby chicks. High egg prices have prompted people to rely less on the grocery stores and instead be more self-sufficient by raising chickens to lay their own eggs at home.

There’s a run on baby chicks. High egg prices have prompted people to rely less on the grocery stores and instead be more self-sufficient by raising chickens to lay their own eggs at home. But stores ...