Strutting and fluttering around cities, pigeons have adapted to an ever-shifting environment. But their environment isn’t the only thing that’s constantly changing. New research suggests the birds ...

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Domestic animals have long been some of our closest companions. While dogs, cats, horses, cattle and chickens have all played major roles in human history, domestic pigeons may be a little less ...

Pigeons that had been injected with a drug to deplete their special liver cells did not find their way home until the sun came out. Christian Ziegler / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Pigeons ...

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Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or ...

When it comes to flocking together, homing pigeons use a simple strategy to find better ways home, according to a recent report. The study, published in the journal eLife, suggests that homing pigeons ...

Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C. By Rachel Nuwer People did not always look down their noses ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — “True American Racer“ premiered on Tuesday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bobby Rahal’s famous Indy 500 victory. A big crowd of racing legends and public figures came to ...

Racer Robert Wickens was in a career-altering crash at the Pocono Indycar race on August 19, 2018, during the ABC Supply 500 IndyCar race. His car launched into the catch fencing on lap 7 after ...

Tom Van Gaver awoke to find that someone had broken in and swiped his most prized possession, a 1-pound pigeon named Finn. The untrained eye wouldn't detect anything special in the 11-inch-tall pigeon ...