The scientists behind the synthetic egg say it’s a crucial step to the de-extinction of species like the giant moa and the dodo.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an artificial culture vessel made of transparent film, ...

Chicks were never supposed to hatch from plastic. Yet inside the Dallas laboratories of Colossal Biosciences, chicken embryos grew in transparent, 3D-printed vessels instead of natural eggshells. They ...

Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chick newly hatched from an artificial egg developed by Colossal Biosciences at a laboratory at the company's headquarters in ...

Colossal Biosciences has successfully hatched healthy chicks from fully artificial eggs, a breakthrough that could pave the way for the return of the extinct Dodo and Moa. Colossal Biosciences ...

Sealed within an eggshell, how can chicks prepare for the world into which they are about to hatch, with no obvious direct communication channel across the shell? Adult zebra finches produce ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Efforts to observe chicken embryonic development date back to Aristotle date back to 300 BC. However, because the chicken's eggshell is opaque, it has been necessary to break the shell ...