Meet the Megapode: The chick-like bird that buries its eggs on purpose, and the babies do not look back at their father again

Nature has unique surprises hidden in its embrace, and few creatures prove that better than a sturdy, big-footed bird most ...
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The bird that builds its own incubator and raises itself

Did you know that megapodes create natural incubators for their chicks? That’s right, these chicken-like birds are known as ...
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Papua New Guinea's megapodes bury eggs near volcanoes to incubate chicks

Males do most of the work on maintaining and building nesting ground, adjusting them to make temperatures ideal for ...
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How birds physically transform to keep their eggs at 100 degrees

To keep eggs alive, many birds do something far stranger than simply sitting on them. Their bodies physically transform in ...
7News Miami

Several unique bird eggs hatch at Zoo Miami ahead of Mother’s Day weekend

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Zoo Miami had several eggs for unique bird species from tropical America, Asia and Africa hatch just in time to celebrate their first Mother’s Day weekend. The ...
Phys.org

Rates of hatching failure in birds almost twice as high as previously estimated

Forest plot of the mean effect size (hatching failure percentage) estimates and 95% confidence intervals for each factor level for six moderators: threat status, IUCN Red List classification, ...