What came first, the chicken or the egg?” This classic debate has raged on for centuries baffling philosophers, scientists, and curious minds for centuries. Is there any logical answer to such a ...

The chickens that saved Western civilization were discovered, according to legend, by the side of a road in Greece in the first decade of the fifth century B.C. The Athenian general Themistocles ...

Sy Montgomery has written more than 34 books about some of the world's most mysterious and beloved creatures. Now, she tackles a bird you may recognize — the humble chicken.

Junglefowl were already adapted to living on the ground, and when humans bred chickens for meat, they prized the heaviest birds. So modern domesticated chickens are large and heavy, with wings too ...