This hoax photo has been passed around, supposedly showing mutant chickens used by KFC. KFC has won a lawsuit against three Chinese companies charged with spreading rumors that the fast-food chain ...

The University of Iowa Research Foundation has been issued a patent for the first-known mutant chicken pox virus. The initial discovery was made in 1998 by Charles Grose, M.D., UI professor of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists in Japan have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs ...

a bucket-shaped KFC sign on a pole - Rawf8/Getty Images Have you heard the one about the mutant chickens that KFC uses in its restaurants? If you believe the stories -- and there are a few variations ...

Lincoln Davidson is a research associate for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. You can follow him on Twitter @dvdsndvdsn. As Chinese authorities take aim, yet again, at online rumors, ...

Only on a Friday do we feel saucy enough to do a story about a film called Attack of the Killer Mutant Chickens. The weekend is officially in sight, and the title is sufficiently zany. Why not, right?

Scientists in Japan have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs containing drugs that have the potential to significantly reduce the cost of cancer treatment. The eggs were developed using ...