Weebill, with short, stubby, and pale beak, is one of world's smallest birds. It can grow up to 8-9 cm long and weighs around 6 grams ...

The egg usually hatches before the female returns to rear her chick, while the male – having not eaten for four months - makes the journey to the sea to feed himself but also provide for his chick.

Chinese scientists have unveiled the world's smallest known dinosaur ... and likely limb bones within the eggs confirmed that they were not direct bird relatives but non-avian theropod dinosaurs ...

believed to be the smallest laid by any British bird. Ms Machin, Leeds Museums and Galleries curator of natural sciences, said: "Across the animal world, the sheer variety of eggs is truly ...