Before the Wi-fi and the Internet, the telephone and the telegraph, the original instant messaging services of society were homing pigeons. After becoming the first domesticated birds, for an ...

So what do you do when a pigeon lands in your life? Especially a racing pigeon that, as far as I can tell from multiple leg tags, was more than 300 miles from his Missouri home when he decided to make ...

ONTARIO, Calif. – Dogs aren’t the only animals that vie for best in show. Hundreds of breeds of pigeons compete in their own version of the Westminster show, strutting on long, thick legs or ...

Jim Effting's trained his pigeons to find their way home after being released 600 miles away. No one really knows how they do it. "Scientists have studied them forever," Jim said. "They've tried to ...

Sometimes, if you want to know what a country's really like it's best to look at the small details. It's something our correspondents are encouraged to do. And it's what inspired this next story.

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 ...

GABRIELLE: DEPUTIES SAY MORE THAN 100 PIGEONS THAT ARE USED FOR RACING WERE STOLEN FROM A GREENVILLE COUNTY HOME LAST WEEKEND. THEIR OWNER SAYS THE BIRDS ARE VALUABLE. AND HE IS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HAS ...