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Eggs

Two decorated ostrich eggs in the British Museum, from the so-called Isis Tomb from Italy's ancient Etruria.

Scientists Are Tracking the Ancient Luxury Market for Decorated Ostrich Eggs

“This is a shared understanding of bling, of what it means to be rich."

Isaac Schultz April 10, 2020

Platypuses face an uncertain future.

Australia’s Platypuses Are Invisible Victims of the Bushfires

After years of drought and habitat loss, “It’s one more nail in their coffin.”

Sabrina Imbler January 24, 2020

Gorditas Saleswoman.

Xicotepec de Juárez, Mexico

'Vendedoras de Gorditas' ('Gorditas Saleswomen')

A tribute to a local delicacy and the women who prepare and sell it.

A backlit conveyor belt allows workers to pick out double-yolked eggs.

The Chinese City Famous for Eggs With Two Yolks

Gaoyou ducks are bred to produce tasty double-yolkers.

Anne Ewbank December 5, 2019

Long Beach, California

Appu's Cafe

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

Baby loggerhead turtles, newly hatched in South Africa.

Found: Fossilized Tracks of Baby Sea Turtles in South Africa

Prehistoric squee!

Sabrina Imbler September 4, 2019

Vilnius, Lithuania

Margutis Easter Egg

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

Video • Object of Intrigue

The Value of the Largest Egg in the World

Panueli, Solomon Islands

Egg Fields of Savo Island

Megapodes incubate their eggs using the heat of an active volcano on this Pacific isle.

The Easter egg tree custom, pictured here in Saalfeld, Germany, gained some ground in the United States.

How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition

Like the Christmas tree, they were probably a German import.

Anne Ewbank April 17, 2019

Denver, Colorado

Denver Omelet Plaque

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

Chả Rươi

This rare Vietnamese omelet incorporates a seasonal sandworm.

Farmers still use the same techniques developed 2,000 years ago.

ancient technology

The Egyptian Egg Ovens Considered More Wondrous Than the Pyramids

A hatching system devised 2,000 years ago is still in use in rural Egypt.

Vittoria Traverso March 29, 2019

A holotype of <em>Avimaia schweitzerae</em>.

Found: The First Egg Inside a Bird Fossil

Everything’s better with an egg on (or in) it.

Sabrina Imbler March 20, 2019

Son-in-Law Eggs

In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.

The 1986 "comet egg" egg is held in a serious research collection.

objects of intrigue

Meet the 'Comet Egg,' Which Definitely Did Not Come From Space

Investigating the old myth that cosmic events can have a fowl impact.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 14, 2019

Massimo Rapella keeps chickens in a two-acre chestnut forest in Valtellina, north of Milan.

The Italian Farmer Returning Chickens to the Wild

His chestnut forest is home to thousands of hens.

Vittoria Traverso March 1, 2019

The Daraga Church was built in the Philippines by the Franciscans in the 1770s.

How Building Churches Out of Egg Whites Transformed Filipino Desserts

What else are you going to do with all those yolks?

Richard Collett February 22, 2019