Nowhere is this clearer, perhaps, than in the sheer glee he expresses at working on The Purple Bird, his 30th studio album, his 25th under the moniker Bonnie “Prince” Billy and his first with ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

The Purple Bird isn’t the first time Will Oldham (the enigmatic, Kentucky-born and based songwriter behind the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy brand) has headed to Nashville. 2007’s Greatest Palace Music ...

Nationwide bird flu outbreaks have disrupted the poultry industry, causing high egg prices and shortages. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, egg prices will rise 20.3 ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great, and the next day was lethargic, wasn't eating.

If possible, preventing pets from scavenging dead birds can help stop the spread - particularly waterfowl or seabirds as they are the main carriers. Eating eggs or cooked poultry does not risk any ...

In this weekly column, Eater documents the city’s permanent restaurant and bar closure in February 2025 (see January here). If a restaurant or bar has closed in your neighborhood, let us know at ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

Bettina Makalintal is a senior reporter at Eater.com, covering restaurant trends ... “Until we have time without a detection [of bird flu], unfortunately this very, very tight egg supply ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck ... morphology for diving and fish eating, more so than I would have expected ...