It can be jarring to crack an egg and see a bright orange yolk instead of the expected pale yellow, or vice versa. Americans eat on average nearly 300 eggs a year, making it likely you’ll stare down ...

It seems like everyone has eggs on the brain these days. Whether it's due to the protein-laden item's rising prices or the ominous bird flu that's affecting poultry, people across the country are ...

When I was teaching ornithology, there were several questions that my students would invariably ask at some point during the academic term. One was why are robin eggs blue? Even Charles Darwin ...

There’s a lot of science at work in Easter egg coloring. The dye needs an acid, usually vinegar, to bond with the egg’s shell. WIRED experiments to find the perfect Ph for egg color that pops. gets ...

Brown eggs and white eggs are the same. The brown hue of the shell is the only thing that separates them. Hens that lay brown eggs are generally larger and therefore eat more, increasing the cost of ...

A good friend of mine raises chickens and regularly surprises me with eggs straight from the henhouse. With their oversize orange yolks and superior taste, these ova outdo a dozen from H-E-B any day ...