Kalahari weaver birds lay bigger eggs when they have female helpers to feed nestlings: Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a protected nature reserve at the southern edge of the Kalahari desert in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It’s an arid area with high daytime temperatures and unpredictable rainfall. One of the species that lives in this …
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Why so many women in Spain are choosing to donate their eggs – The Conversation Weekly podcast: Spanish women are having fewer and fewer children, and yet the country has become the egg donation capital of Europe. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we find out about the experiences of women who decide …
Easter eggs: their evolution from chicken to chocolate: A lot of Easter traditions – including hot cross buns and lamb on Sunday – stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan beliefs. The chocolate Easter egg, however, is a more modern twist on tradition. Chicken eggs have been eaten at Easter for centuries. Eggs have …
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How free-range eggs became the norm in supermarkets – and sold customers a lie: MJHeritage/Shutterstock The UK is in the grip of its largest ever outbreak of bird flu. As its name suggests, avian influenza primarily affects birds, but it can also infect humans and other mammals. The virus first emerged in China in 1996 …
How we cracked the mystery of Australia’s prehistoric giant eggs: The giant bird Genyornis went extinct in Australia around 50,000 years ago. Gifford Miller, Author provided It’s a long-running Australian detective story. From the 1980s onwards, researchers found eggshell fragments, and on rare occasions whole eggs, exposed in eroding sand dunes within the country’s arid …
Being in a couple can negatively affect women’s savings – here’s how to make nest eggs more equal: New research shows the negative impact gender norms can have on UK savings goals. insta_photos/Shutterstock Growing job insecurity, financial market volatility and rising prices have created an extremely uncertain environment for UK savers. The country’s welfare provisions …
Eggs and sperm can now be stored for up to 55 years – here’s what that means for donors and people seeking fertility treatment: The new storage limits may give people more flexibility when it comes to their fertility treatment. Ekaterina Georgievskaia/ Shutterstock The UK government has just extended the period that gametes (eggs and …
A cool Kings Beach image: Image from page 323 of “Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania” (1901) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: nestseggsofbirds03nort Title: Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: North, Alfred J. (Alfred John), 1855-1917 Subjects: Birds — …
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Check out this Paternoster image: Image from page 313 of “Catalogue of the collection of birds’s eggs in the British Museum (Natural History)” (1901) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: cu31924022525442 Title: Catalogue of the collection of birds’s eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: British Museum (Natural History). Dept. …
Eight cracking facts about eggs: Krasula/Shutterstock One of life’s true miracles, the humble egg is maybe one of the most versatile foodstuffs on the planet. It’s formed in 24 to 26 hours and hens can lay up to 250 eggs a year. The incredible egg is pure protein and there are numerous (both sweet and …
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Eggs with benefits: Sydney’s same-sex penguins become parents: A penguin chick, hatched from an egg fostered by Magic and Sphen, two male penguins who built a nest together, is pictured in Sydney's Sea Life Aquarium in Australia's Sydney, in this undated photo obtained from social media. Photo: Reuters Two male penguins entrusted with the care …
Uranus smells like farts and rotten eggs, according to Oxford researchers: Researchers from the University of Oxford used infrared light from Uranus captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii to determine Uranus' cloud tops are made up of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic gas that smells like rotten eggs or passing gas. …
Easter eggs were once a rare luxury – so how did they become so commonplace?: Shutterstock For weeks (and weeks) in the run up to Easter, brightly packaged chocolate eggs fill the shelves of British supermarkets. Piled high and sold cheap, they are easy to get hold of – even hard to avoid. But this …
Hundreds of pterosaur eggs help reveal the early life of flying reptiles: Alexander Kellner (Museu Nacional/UFRJ) A hoard of fossilised pterosaur eggs discovered in China is helping scientists gain a rare insight into the extinct flying reptiles. Newly released research into over 200 eggs and 16 embryos from the pterosaur Hamipterus, including the first computed …