Mining foreman R. Thornburg shows a small cage with a canary used for testing carbon monoxide gas in 1928. George McCaa, U.S. Bureau of Mines Never mind the gas—it was automation that got them in the ...

Canaries, which are popular as pets due to their beautiful singing, have been used as 'coal mine canaries' to detect toxic gases in coal mines, taking advantage of the fact that their barking stops ...

Sue Sausser woke and found feathers everywhere. Her bird cage was open — one canary was dead, the other terrified. A brown owl had flown into the 10th story apartment through the open balcony door.

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A man allegedly stole four live canaries by shoving them into his trousers and walking out of a pet shop. Neil Eatwell, the owner of Perfect Pets in Swindon, realised the birds were missing on April ...