Homing pigeons combine multiple navigation systems—using the sun’s position for direction, a magnetic sense to orient on ...

Imagine being blindfolded and loaded in a car, then dropped nearly four hundred miles from your house in a random field in ...

When Marco Palomares was a teen in his hometown of Morelia, Michoacan, a friend gave him two racing pigeons. His heart skipped a beat. The teen's delight was short-lived because his father made him ...

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But the racing bird serves as a reminder of the brave service of its predecessors in World Wars I and II, and the 1870 siege of Paris. Inside Europe's last military pigeon loft, Sergeant Sylvain ...

Allen Small was 9 years old when he bought his first pigeon for 25 cents. That was 70 years ago. Now, after spending tens of thousands of dollars and nearly a lifetime breeding and racing the birds, ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — When someone returns home, it often can stir the emotions of the person standing on the doorstep more than the old friend or family member who just arrived. Where have you been? What ...

On Tuesday, the Towamensing Township Zoning Hearing Board denied a request for a homing pigeon business in the township. Damon Graves and Kate Hillenbrand were appealing a zoning variance to ...