Vonnegut mentioned his “canary-bird-in-the-coal-mine theory” again in a 1973 interview with Playboy. Artists, he explained, ...

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

New research into the fossil record of Macaronesia has uncovered a formerly rich diversity of gadfly petrel species (genus ...

Photographed at LORO PARQUE FUNDACIÓN, CANARY ISLANDS ... Like many other birds, the species can see ultraviolet light. Some parrot feathers fluoresce under UV, suggesting that the birds use ...

Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found ... The birds are like the canary in the coal mine,” she said. The research adds to a recent series of studies that have ...