An illustration of a hatching Deinonychus chick from a blue egg with brown spots is pictured in this handout image provided November 1, 2018. Jasmina Wiemann/Yale Univeristy/Handout via REUTERS By ...

“We infer that egg color co-evolved with open nesting habits in dinosaurs,” she said in a statement. “Once dinosaurs started to build open nests, exposure of the eggs to visually hunting predators and ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. If you come across a bird nest there’s usually a pretty good way of telling what kind of ...

After garnering worldwide attention last year for her research on the origins of egg color in birds, Yale paleontologist Jasmina Wiemann has taken a second look at her eggshells. Wiemann had found ...

A new study says the colors found in modern birds’ eggs did not evolve independently, as previously thought, but evolved instead from dinosaurs. According to researchers at Yale, the American Museum ...

One of my favorite family traditions growing up was celebrating Easter with cascarones. For the first few months of the year, I would watch with glee as my mom carefully cracked our weekend breakfast ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some dinosaurs laid colored, speckled and spotted eggs boasting exquisite hues of blue and brown, scientists said on Thursday, in a discovery that scrambles the notion that such ...