In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly rare among any species. Because of the unique way their embryos develop—externally but with constant warmth required—birds are the real stars of monogamy and have thus borne the brunt of its misconceptions.

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bird flu has affected more than 166 million birds across the United States, including 127 million egg-laying hens. That represents a roughly 11 percent annual reduction in the nation's layer ...

As President Donald Trump promoted his tariff hikes in an April 2 Rose Garden address, he veered back to a favorite 2024 campaign topic: egg prices.

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Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.