Fancy pigeons — a popular pet among bird enthusiasts and show competitors — are being released in large numbers in Manheim Township. Although at least some of the colorful birds have been traced to a ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. A red-winged blackbird swooped down and pecked Andrea Whetsell in Lincoln Park Zoo last summer. So perhaps her bird radar is a little twitchier than most ...

Duong Bach carefully removes a plump grey pigeon from its cage and lets it fly into the woods in a rural area of central Alberta. Bach will wait anxiously for the bird to return home to his backyard ...

Guess which birds are super abundant year-round in Houston? Here are a few hints: They have a variety of color patterns, from silky-white to rusty-red, blue-black and pewter-gray. Rock pigeons are in ...

But pigeons, like rats, are infinitely adaptable, hence their remarkable survival, underlined by an amazing capacity to breed. And until the 1840s, when the telegraph was invented, pigeon post was ...