Study finds color and thickness of eggshells in wild birds related to light level exposure

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

A team of biology researchers with members from Australia, the U.S., Czech Republic and the U.K. has found a correlation between eggshell color and thickness and the amount of light that shines on the eggs during incubation. In their paper published in Functional Ecology, the team describes their study that involved the analysis of eggshells from many native bird species in Britain and the results they found in doing so.

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