IN the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1890, p. 48, Mr. Bartlett makes the following statement on the subject of the crowing of the jungle fowl: “There can be no doubt that the origin of our ...

It’s cheap and healthy. It’s the world’s most-preferred land-based meat. Turns out, it’s a good climate trade-off too. The only downside, is for the chicken. The modern chicken is believed to have ...

The wiry bird scuffling around in the mountainous forests near the northern Thailand-Myanmar border does not look like much, but this scrawny red jungle fowl has been tapped as the primary ancestor of ...