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 ...

In this video, I answer 15 questions about quail asked by you in the comments section. Questions like: What do I do with ...

The Japanese quail has an interesting mating strategy: the females prefer to mate with the losers of fights. Or do they? A new scientific paper on the topic makes me want to set up a quail fighting ...

Researchers are studying quail to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in their breeding behaviors. Japanese researchers are studying quail to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in ...

image: When it comes to camouflage, ground-nesting Japanese quail are experts. That’s based on new evidence published online on Jan. 17 in Current Biology that mother quail "know" the patterning of ...

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 ...

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 ...

I probably should wonder why you want to know this. Do you think your little female quail is seeing someone too old for her? But then I've given up about wondering why you people wonder about anything ...