Quail eggs are like fingerprints, a new study suggests. The creamy blue-and-brown speckled eggs, splashed like a toddler's art project, vary among birds but are consistently patterned for individuals.

The ovum of a small, dumpy game bird belonging to the same family as the partridge. Quail are raised commercially in large flocks for both their meat and their pretty speckled eggs, which were once a ...

The chicken clearly rules the roost of American egg production. Our hens laid 95.2 billion eggs in 2013, according to government figures. And we'll be awash in them Easter weekend: beating them into ...

Some dinosaurs laid coloured, speckled and spotted eggs boasting exquisite hues of blue and brown, scientists said on Thursday, in a discovery that scrambles the notion that such exceptional traits ...

Female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) lay their eggs on the ground where they can make tempting meals for rodents, snakes, and deer. But as new research published in the journal Current Biology ...

COLLIN COUNTY — The Giving Garden at Jacob's Reward in Parker, North Texas, provides fresh produce and eggs to local food pantries, ensuring those in need have access to nutrient-rich food. Eggs are a ...

Many passerine birds with open cup-shaped nests lay blue or blue-green eggs. In thrushes, blue eggs may be cryptic and provide camouflage by imitating spots of light on green leaves. Alternatively, ...