It is likely that most animals can distinguish between more and less. For example, more friends are always better, as mosquito fish show us in their preference for larger schools (Agrillo et al. 2008) ...

Wil Stutterheim is on a mission: to stop the global poultry industry's slaughter of billions of day-old chicks every year. Male chicks are deemed largely useless for poultry farmers because they lay ...

Chicks, like many people, have a mental number line which places lower numbers at left and higher ones to the right, according to a study published today (January 30) in Science. “This resembles ...

ELMWOOD, Okla. (KFOR) — A full hour before the April sun comes up, Biologist Kendall Van Zanten is driving the sometimes-bumpy gravel roads of Beaver County. He stops his truck on high ground each ...

NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Americans are cock-a-hoop for chicken. McDonald’s (MCD.N), opens new tab just introduced, opens new tab the Chicken Big Mac, shares of Wingstop (WING.O), ...

Editor's note: This column originally ran Aug. 17, 2010. The numbers were promising: at $75 for 50 chicks, we couldn't go wrong. Our friend Nat had a brooder box we could use for the first several ...

For Cobb, a world leader in pedigree broiler breeding, compartmentalisation offers a credible way forward in a fast-changing world. Euan Meldrum speaks to Bernie Sheehan Consumers are increasingly ...