Pigeons: Members of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata ...

Pigeon droppings harbor dangerous fungi and bacteria, posing a serious lung health risk. Inhaling dried feces can lead to severe infections like Histoplasmosis and Cryptococcosis, or permanent damage ...

Feeding pigeons, once seen as harmless, carries significant health risks. Experts warn of severe lung diseases from inhaling pigeon droppings. A fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans, found in droppings can ...

In India, many people feed pigeons, especially in cities where these birds gather in parks and public areas. While some see this as a harmless activity, health experts warn about the serious risks of ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

Anatolii Vusatyi, a Ukrainian refugee preparing for his new life in Minnesota, needed to know: Did his family’s house have space in the backyard for a small pigeon loft? He had already been separated ...

When a woman from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, got herself a kitten, she was told it was the runt of the litter and that it would remain small. What the kitten then grew into has delighted users on social ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — How does a person learn to love pigeons? “Most of us started when we were kids,” says local pigeon breeder Ed Pointer. His fascination began at the age of 10 and in all that ...

GRANTSVILLE, Utah — There are a lot of different birds with which to fall in love, but Ralph Lewis met his dream bird when he found the Classic Frill pigeon. "It's just such a beautiful bird and I've ...

NEW YORK − There's a giant pigeon in Manhattan. And it's making people everywhere understand more about the much-maligned birds and the flightiness of their biggest critics - humans. The 16-foot ...

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 ...

Oak Harbor resident Laurie Monical has mothered wolves, arctic foxes, prairie dogs, parakeets and more. Her latest passion is the oldest and largest domestic pigeon breed in the world. Three large ...