Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are ...

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

It is not the first time there have been reports of such a stowaway on a flight. Back in 2021, a pigeon on a flight from Newark to Greece caused an hour delay as flight crew tried to get the bird ...

From the pitch to an airplane, the rivalry of the Master Blaster and The Pigeon continues to entertain. This time, though, it ...

This flexibility allows birds to maintain stability and control during flight, even in challenging conditions. Pigeons, for example, show consistent reflexes when rolled, pitched, or yawed.

Early explorers and settlers frequently mentioned passenger pigeons in their writings. Samuel de Champlain in 1605 reported "countless numbers," Gabriel Sagard-Theodat wrote of "infinite multitudes," ...

After darkening the skies of North America for 20,000 years, the passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction. It changed our landscape in many ways.

That plan has apparently worked splendidly, as a second study using the robotic wings revealed one of the secrets of how pigeon wings move during flight. The researchers in that study, published ...

M ost people who know about American aviation during the First World War are aware that the US Army Air Service had to rely on its foreign allies for combat aircraft to fight the ...

The bird’s bravery medal – awarded for its role in the destruction of a German arms site – has been listed for auction at £10 ...

ordered a homing pigeon cull. Shortly after Tommy began his flight home he was spotted by a German sniper and shot through the wing. Although he was wounded and bloodied the plucky pigeon somehow ...