Researchers have examined how a chicken egg develops its hard outer shell, anchored securely to a soft inner membrane, and believe the insights have the potential to improve reconstructive surgeries ...

He had told me the chicken evolved millions of years after the egg. Amphibians were the first vertebrates to crawl up from ...

Scientists now have the solution to a long-standing egg riddle — and it could lower your chances of food poisoning. Shells contains nanostructured minerals associated with the protein osteopontin, ...

How designers are rediscovering the decorative potential of eggshells. By Yelena Moroz Alpert This article is part of our Design special section about how food inspires designers to make and do ...

A woman who recently began keeping chickens was left in shock when she saw one of her hens had laid an egg almost twice the usual size. When she cracked it open, she was astounded to find a second, ...