Genetically modified chickens could be the key to protecting endangered species and bringing back extinct ones, scientists ...

It’s well established that today’s chickens are descended from the red junglefowl, a still-living species of wild bird. But ...

Dr Anna Berenson has started a five-year project to perfect the process of creating one bird species from a close relative ...

Did they descend from red jungle fowl that Polynesians brought to Hawaii some 1,000 years ago or from farmed birds that flew the coop more recently? According to genetic tests, a mix of both ...