Unfertilized eggs will look empty, while fertilized eggs will show veins or even a chick forming. Some cultures eat an egg with a developing chick in it, called balut.

While animal eggs await fertilization, their cell cycle needs to be halted. The molecule responsible for this arrest ? the cytostatic factor ? was first described in 1971. But its identity was not ...

The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...

August Egg Company of Hilmar, Calif., is recalling 1,700,000 dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs for potential salmonella risk.

According to August Egg Company, the eggs were sold at Walmart locations in New Mexico with sell-by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 19, 2025. The recalled eggs will have printed on the carton or ...

WEST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Thousands of eggs spilled off a truck, creating a "shell-shocking" mess in Lancaster County on Wednesday. Video above: Public Works employee reacts to huge egg spill ...

The first mice to be created from two fathers, a phenomenon known as androgenesis, have now produced healthy offspring for ...

A multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to organic and cage free eggs from August Egg Company has sickened 79 people and prompted a nationwide recall, according to the CDC. No deaths have been reported.

The average retail egg price dropped to $5.12 a dozen, down more than a dollar from its March peak of $6.23, according to a report published June 3 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic ...

U.S. health officials confirmed the salmonella infections were linked to contaminated organic and cage-free brown eggs from August Egg Company. All recalled eggs should be thrown away, the CDC said.

How many calories in an egg? One large boiled egg contains 72 calories, nearly 5 grams of fat and around 1.5 grams of saturated fat, says O’Neal. Eggs, and egg yolks in particular, pack a punch ...

Japan suspended imports of fertile eggs and day-old chicks coming from the Brazilian states of Goias and Mato Grosso after bird flu cases in subsistence farms had been reported in both states, the ...