Eggs

The strange role worms play in the birth of baby squid

Animals
The strange role worms play in the birth of baby squid
The strange role worms play in the birth of baby squid

How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils

Animals
How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils
How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils

It takes 32 minutes to boil an egg, claims science. We agree.

Science
It takes 32 minutes to boil an egg, claims science. We agree.
It takes 32 minutes to boil an egg, claims science. We agree.

This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg

Animals
This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg
This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg

Do happy hens make better eggs?

Animals
Do happy hens make better eggs?
Do happy hens make better eggs?

6 important new laws helping animals in 2024

  • Animals
  • Wildlife Watch
6 important new laws helping animals in 2024
6 important new laws helping animals in 2024

See our best wildlife photos from 2023

  • Animals
  • 2023 in Review
See our best wildlife photos from 2023
See our best wildlife photos from 2023

These insects are masters of disguise—even before hatching

Animals
These insects are masters of disguise—even before hatching
These insects are masters of disguise—even before hatching

Cage-free or free-range? Here’s what those egg labels really mean

Animals
Cage-free or free-range? Here’s what those egg labels really mean
Cage-free or free-range? Here’s what those egg labels really mean

Enter the weird world of the echidna—a mammal in a category all its own

  • Animals
  • Basic Instincts
Enter the weird world of the echidna—a mammal in a category all its own
Enter the weird world of the echidna—a mammal in a category all its own

Naked mole rats are fertile until they die, study finds

Animals
Naked mole rats are fertile until they die, study finds
Naked mole rats are fertile until they die, study finds

Rare baby dinosaur found curled in its fossilized egg

Science
Rare baby dinosaur found curled in its fossilized egg
Rare baby dinosaur found curled in its fossilized egg

Fossil egg from prehistoric giant turtle reveals baby inside

Science
Fossil egg from prehistoric giant turtle reveals baby inside
Fossil egg from prehistoric giant turtle reveals baby inside

Rent-a-chicken trend spikes during pandemic

Animals
Rent-a-chicken trend spikes during pandemic
Rent-a-chicken trend spikes during pandemic

See how we’re reimagining dinosaurs in today’s ‘golden age’ of paleontology

Magazine
See how we’re reimagining dinosaurs in today’s ‘golden age’ of paleontology
See how we’re reimagining dinosaurs in today’s ‘golden age’ of paleontology
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