New research publishing June 18 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology, led by Dr Lucy Taylor from the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology now reveals that homing pigeons fit in one extra ...

PETOSKEY — Mike Netzky and the 4-H Flying Clovers are returning to the Petoskey District Library again this year with their homing pigeons for an event at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. Netzky and the ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

HEADLAND ‒ As the group of homing pigeons circled the sky above, John Ross Helms whistled ‒ the signal that usually brings the birds back to their pen because they associate it with eating. Helms ...

It sounds like something the Flintstones would do: Send a super-fast message, tie it to a bird’s leg and let go. Amazingly, this works — as long as the bird is a trained homing pigeon. And it’s not ...

Homing pigeons fit in one extra wingbeat per second when flying in pairs compared to flying solo, new research reveals. New research publishing June 18 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology, led by ...