Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...

Charles Darwin bred pigeons, and used them to learn more about the inheritance of different characteristics. For pigeons, beak size is one of those characteristics. There are 350 pigeon breeds or more ...

Welcome to the world of fancy pigeons. — -- Some 7,844 pigeons gathered this weekend at the 93rd annual Grand National Pigeon Show, and not one was the average street bird. Welcome to the world ...

“Pigeons are intelligent than human beings, this can be gauged from the fact that the former used to deliver letters in olden days,” said Sarwan Singh Kaler, organiser of the 56th Sher-e-Punjab Ranjit ...

Pigeons come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. Some have feathers reaching up over their heads like a hood. Others have feathers all the way to the tips of their toes or fanned out on their tails like ...

Growing up, Loa Blasucci was never in need of a playmate. The local make-up artist and physical fitness trainer enjoyed the company of her parents, her siblings and, of course, pigeons. Her dad, Chet ...

A small white pigeon raised its head from between Terry Gier’s fingers. It’s a Valencian Figurita, he said, first bred in Spain centuries ago. Behind him, around 20 other pigeons lounged in cages — ...

A pigeon fancier in Lahore has claimed to have bred a cross-breed of local pigeons that can continuously fly high in the open for hours. The flying capacity of these pigeons was said to be further ...

In Episode 221 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re wondering, do pigeons make good pets? For thousands of years, pigeons have been a companion to humans, and today, many people raise them and show ...