In a new study, researchers inhibited a gene during embryonic development to make chicken feathers more primitive, like the kind of simple tube-shaped proto-feathers that likely first emerged in ...

While Canadian egg prices haven’t hit the stratosphere like their American counterparts, the supply lines are interconnected.

Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken embryos to grow simple, ancient-style feathers that look startlingly similar to those of their dinosaur ...

Alteration of the expression of the co-called 'Sonic Hedgehog' gene can transform feet scale and wing feathers. While a transient over-expression of the gene can permanently turn feet scales into ...

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A chicken named Polly is safe after a brief but intense abduction from her home on Saturday, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office says. The call for help came in the early ...