Hundreds of genetic mutations accumulated over thousands of years have transformed the red jungle fowl of South Asia into the domesticated chickens that are a fixture on farms -- and dining tables -- ...

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The origin of the domestic fowl is more recent than previously thought, but it may have taken them thousands of years to become food. By James Gorman The real chicken mystery has nothing to do with ...

Charles Darwin maintained that the domesticated chicken derives from the red jungle fowl, but new research from Uppsala University now shows that the wild origins of the chicken are more complicated ...

As a former Indian Forest Service officer, my father, S.E.H. Kazmi, is a treasure trove of anecdotes and stories from his days as a conservator. On his way to a routine forest inspection with an ...

Gujarat’s jungles will be reintroduced to the near-extinct feathered friend, the red jungle fowl. Subjected to human cupidity, both in terms of its narrowing habitats and rampant poaching, the bird ...

As many as 10 red jungle fowls have died in Kanpur zoo in the past three days. Three of them died on Thursday. All these birds died at zoo hospital where a massive sanitising drive was carried out on ...

IN the letter in your last issue (p. 295), in which Mr. Forbes endeavours to controvert my statement with reference to the crowing of jungle fowl, his account is extremely vague and indefinite. He ...