Pigeons are too often seen as “flying rats,” the Schenectady Homing Pigeon Club’s longest-termed member told me July 12, at ...

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When Bimini Wright, a 38-year-old Brooklyn writer and performer, embarked on a routine subway ride back in September 2025, she did not expect to return home with a pigeon. Wright first found the ...

Many people thought pigeons could remember or recognize visual cues, or that they simply had very good eyesight. Birds can remember specific areas and recognize landmarks. This led many scientists to ...

Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous? DOMESTIC animals have long been some ...

Making friends with a wild bird is pretty cool, but this lucky woman quickly learned that if you befriend one, more just might show up, too. What started as a simple act of kindness for a pigeon ...

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 ...

Officers found over fifty dead racing pigeons inside a pigeon loft during an inspection in Qormi after receiving reports of animal cruelty. Only four pigeons were found alive during the inspection.

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 ...

A pigeon in flight, showcasing not only its agility but also its impressive ability to understand numerical concepts, a skill often underestimated in birds. Image by Pixabay via Pexels. In the fog of ...

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 ...