It’s cheap and healthy. It’s the world’s most-preferred land-based meat. And it turns out it’s a good climate trade-off too.

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.