Does a rooster intuitively know when to emit a “cock-a-doodle-doo” thanks to an internal timekeeper, or is his crowing a response to the dim light of the rising sun? Roosters do generally crow mostly ...

The rooster's morning cock-a-doodle-doo is driven by an internal clock, finds new research, suggesting the male chickens really know the time of day. The study, detailed today (March 18) in the ...

Although the rooster’s strident wake-up call just before sunrise feels as regular as an alarm clock, the evidence that the birds are somehow driven to herald the dawn has long been anecdotal. After ...

PARIS — Maurice the rooster can keep crowing, a French court ruled Thursday, as it rejected a complaint from neighbors who sued over noise nuisance. Maurice's case and several other lawsuits against ...

Roosters, famously, crow in the early morn -- but scientists don’t fully understand why they unleash their voices when they do. After all, roosters have also been known to make a racket when other ...

Mr. Zodiac Rooster swoops down on Monkey’s head and crows a cock-a-doodle-doo to herald the Chinese New Year — the new moon of the first day of the first lunar month that bears his name. The rooster, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Those adorable balls of fluff and feathers that were so irresistible at Easter can become a backyard chicken fancier's worst nightmare when four months later, one starts crowing.

Roosters crow in the mornings because their internal clock tells them to, new research suggests. The rooster's morning cock-a-doodle-doo is driven by an internal clock, finds new research, suggesting ...

In this image made from video provided by BFMTV, a rooster is seen in a cage, with a sign reading in French "The countryside lives, makes noise, the rooster as well", during court proceedings in Saint ...

Those adorable balls of fluff and feathers that were so irresistible at Easter can become a backyard chicken fancier’s worst nightmare when four months later, one starts crowing. With most California ...