An abandoned egg that had been rescued was incubated for 32 days before being introduced to an “adoptive” flamingo family, a zookeeper said. Soon the egg was taken under the wings of the feathered couple—Florence and Freddie—and, not long after that, it would hatch to become Whipsnade Conservation Zoo’s newest addition. The fluffy, grey flamingo…

A bald eagle chick has welcomed an “adoptive brother” into her nest after the little chick’s nest fell, injuring the bird and separating him from his parents. On May 22, the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota reached out to eagle expert Lori Naumann, to say they’d found a 3-week-old bald eagle in a…

A hilarious image has captured the priceless facial expression of a mini dachshund when she got bitten by a baby chick. Loulou, a 4 1/2-year-old dachshund, stays with his daughter, Coco, 2 1/2 years old, and some other animals at Eveline Smith’s house in the Netherlands. The mini dachshund joined the family of four when she was…

A Chinese magazine has published two reports in the last year that conclude boiled eggs can be turned into raw eggs before hatching chicks, through a regeneration process. The anecdotal evidence has recently led to questions on Chinese social media about the academic industry and the magazine’s publishing quality. One report titled “Turning Cooked Eggs into…

A Laysan albatross believed to be the world’s oldest wild bird has hatched a healthy chick at the age of at least 70. Wisdom the albatross welcomed her chick on a cold winter’s day at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The site, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), is located at the northern…