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When it comes to camouflage, ground-nesting Japanese quail are experts. That's based on new evidence that mother quail "know" the patterning of their own eggs and choose laying spots to hide them best ...

Tiny Japanese quail eggs are a small niche market in the United States, but they're a big business in Brazil where they are sold fresh in grocery stores in egg cartons that hold 30 of the small, ...

The personality of Japanese quail chicks changes depending on the kind of relationship formed between parents, a new study reports. Share Hookup buddies or long-term partners? It’s a key question in ...

Habitat: Whipping up a storm from Mongolia to India, pecking in urban farmers’ backyards, floating about in outer space Electric whisks, step aside. Male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) can ...

Japanese quail are just one species within the Coturnix genus. From an aesthetic perspective, Coturnix quail come in a wide range of beautiful colors and patterns, from white to speckled brown, golden ...

Female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) lay their eggs on the ground where they can make tempting meals for rodents, snakes, and deer. But as new research published in the journal Current Biology ...

URBANA, Ill. - Tiny Japanese quail eggs are a small niche market in the United States, but they're a big business in Brazil where they are sold fresh in grocery stores in egg cartons that hold 30 of ...