Quail eggs, known as uzura-tamago in Japanese, are highly nutritious and only one-fourth the size of a chicken egg. They’re a common addition to many Japanese dishes, including rice bowls, skewers, ...

Where it lives: Steppes and meadows in Asia, notably China, India, Japan, Korea and Russia. It's also found in Africa and parts of Europe. Some populations are migratory. What it eats: Seeds of ...

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 ...

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, ...

As demand for the bird sees a spurt, local rearing of the breed has begun in earnest Until about a year ago, when there was confusion over the legality of rearing, selling and even eating Quail, the ...

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 ...

Barren colony cages are often used for housing of breeding and research quail, especially within laboratory animal housing systems. These systems provide for ease of care and the maintenance of strict ...

This file photo shows an ambulance on a road. (Mainichi) FUKUOKA -- The Japan Pediatric Society is urging people to be careful about giving children round and slippery food such as quail eggs, cherry ...

KOLKATA: It is all a question of nomenclature. Kill a ‘quail’ and eat its meat as long as it is a ‘Japanese’ variety of quail - even though this ‘Japanese’ bird is reared in Kolkata today, says West ...