Behold, the featherless chicken, a bizarre and terrifying breed of chicken created by researchers, led by Avigdor Cahaner at the genetics faculty of the Rehovot Agronomy Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel.

JERUSALEM -- Seedless watermelon was one thing, but a featherless chicken? An Israeli researcher is growing bald birds that will stay cool in the sultry Middle East and other hot regions. The less ...

It’s always something. As if our city, county, country and the Middle East don’t have enough problems, now there emerges the coming worldwide schmaltz shortage just as Passover and Easter approach.

The news has been filled recently with stories of scientists in Israel who have selectively bred a featherless chicken that is supposed to fare better in warm climates and save meat processors money ...

Unless they shut the lights off in the coop, expect egg production to plummet. The science behind this achievement, which was developed in Israel, is impeccable. (Sorry again.) The idea is that ...

You're not likely to see one anytime soon. If, however, sometime in the future you are stuck behind a truckload of them in the hills of Arkansas, don't panic. What might look like the remnants of a ...

British photographer Tim Flach is known for taking human-like photographs of animals. His latest body of work, called "More Than Human," captures the emotions of wild creatures through intensely close ...

Chen (Guji Guji) brings out an equally pleasingly ridiculous fable about differences. This time, the misfit character is a chicken with no feathers and a terrible allergy to pollen. Four fancy ...