Multicolored birds were developed over centuries of near ... orbital skin and feet gray. The rock pigeon was introduced from Europe by early settlers; it is now widespread and common throughout ...

Air mail delivery is an essential part of modern life. The history of this unique invention goes back farther than you might ...

Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended from the rock pigeon – are extremely ... of over 1,000 miles have been recorded by birds in competitive pigeon racing (when specially ...

Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose has grown increasingly ...

"If the rock pigeon were a rare bird, birders would be lining up around the block oohing and "aahing" over them because ...

Photographer Luisa Maria Stagno is on a mission to document the most unusual pigeons out there, from a Danish Suabian to a Gimpel ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set ...

Larger, with a longer tail than a rock pigeon; blue-gray on the upper parts ... Migration and winter: most birds breeding in the Southwest winter in Mexico, and most breeding in the Pacific ...