While many conscientious eaters go out of their way to purchase pasture-raised eggs laid by happy chickens, it’s a little-known fact that almost all eggs have a hidden cost: millions of baby male ...

The number of hen harrier breeding pairs has declined by at least 33% in the last seven years, according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. In its fifth national survey of the hen harrier ...

Conservationists welcome successful breeding season but say birds remain at risk of being illegally killed Nearly 120 rare hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, the highest number for ...

Open Philanthropy supports initiatives to improve animal welfare with a focus on projects likely to cause large global changes and has a particular interest in promoting the transition away from cage ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. If you can’t get enough omelettes or you want to make a little extra cash selling eggs to ...

Reporting from Sacramento — Animal-welfare activists have split over an initiative on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot that would phase in requirements to provide more space for egg-laying hens, breeding ...