Jezebel: Egg

Why Sperm Donors Say They're Parents And Egg Donors Don't

Anna North — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:40:00 EDT

Interviews with sperm and egg donors reveal an interesting dichotomy: while men who give sperm think of themselves as fathers, women who donate eggs don't see themselves as moms. This may say a lot about how we view motherhood and fatherhood. More »

Little Girls Love Gator-Egg Hatching

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:20:00 EDT

[Palmdale, Florida; August 21. Alissa Rosser, of Sebring, Fla., watches as an alligator makes its way out of its egg shell during the fifth annual Alligator Egg Hatching Festival in Palmdale. Image via AP]

An Eggcellent Short Film Starring Faye Dunaway

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:40:00 EDT

You'll laugh, you'll cry. It's better than Avatar. [The WoW Report] More »

The Incredible, Inedible Egg

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:45:00 EDT

The process of ovulation has been for the first time — if you can believe that — caught on film. Jacques Donnez of the Catholic University of Louvain in Brussels was about to perform a partial hysterectomy on a patient and captured her ovulation on film, a process that took approximately 15 minutes. Scientists used to think it happened much more quickly. While it isn't the biggest leap in the world for science, the pictures (which you can see if you click the egg) are simultaneously awesome and icky. [New Scientist, picture by the Loomlady] More »