A rare and delicate moment — the Pied Avocet chick slowly breaks through the eggshell into the world. A beautiful birth in ...

Rotifers reproduce asexually (from a single parent) and despite having been asexual for millions of years, which usually leads to low diversity, they’ve expanded into more than 450 species.

Urge to nest A number of other zoos have observed same-sex pairings among certain bird species. There are even several egg-hatching success stories, such as in 2007 when the Wildfowl & Wetlands ...

Rotifer mothers lay eggs that hatch into genetic copies of themselves, without needing sex or fertilization." According to one theory, animals that copy themselves like this can become so similar ...

Viral Bald Eagle Couple’s 3 Chicks 'Unlikely' to Hatch — but They’re Still 'Taking Dedicated Care' of the Eggs "Miracles do happen," says Sandy Steers, the executive director of the ...

A content creator incubated fertilized eggs purchased from Trader Joe's and hatched baby chicks, alarming regular shoppers at the chain grocer. While it may ruffle some feathers to buy or eat ...

Hopkin: In fact, these little ladies reproduce asexually, laying eggs that hatch into the next generation of self-propagating rotifers. So they’re easy to grow in the lab, although not as easy ...

Amid national concerns over the price of eggs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized more than three dozen hatching eggs in Louisville in recent weeks, according to a news release. And it ...

Three eagle eggs unlikely to hatch in Big Bear 03:55. Jackie and Shadow, the bald eagle parents who have gone viral for taking turns keeping their eggs warm, may be facing a heartbreaking situation.

Pip-a-palooza: The Big Bear eagles now have two (!) hatching eggs A "pip" has been spied on two of Jackie and Shadow's three eggs, which means eaglets are currently in mid-hatch.

Urge to nest A number of other zoos have observed same-sex pairings among certain bird species. There are even several egg-hatching success stories, such as in 2007 when the Wildfowl & Wetlands ...