As the chick readies to hatch, the eggshell's inner surface weakens. How the hardness of eggshells is created by a matrix is fascinating biology. And it may give us insight into a more human problem: ...

Chick pipped, but not hatching? Abandoned eggs? Power outages? Learn what you can do when chick hatching problems arise during incubation and hatching. Spring is approaching fast, and baby chick ...

Betsy Trice: The pip is the very first crack in the shell that you’ll see. And the chicks create this from something called an egg tooth. It’s a little hard growth that’s on the tip of their beak. And ...

Hopeful parents-to-be Jackie and Shadow, Southern California’s viral bald eagle couple living in Big Bear, will begin pip watch later Thursday. “I’m so Egg-cited, I just can’t hide it! We are 11 hours ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Cali. (WWLP) – A live feed is watching over a bald eagle nest in the Southern California mountains as three chicks are expected to emerge. VIDEO: Eagles chasing each other in ...

A flamingo chick has hatched at the Cincinnati Zoo. It's the third zoo baby born in Cincinnati in two days.A flamingo chick popped out of its egg Monday in the zoo's flamingo yard, zoo officials ...