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

However, in the 900s A.D., the Arab historian al-Maqrizi described a peculiar—and possibly groundbreaking—application of “pigeon post.” He wrote that a powerful caliph of the Fatimid ...

Messenger pigeons are sent for when the Captain and the Colonel need new uniforms; the only way to get them without arousing too much suspicion is to put an order in at Saville Row! Fearful of being ...

Of the 290 known pigeon species in the world – only one has from the wild adapted to live among people in villages and cities. The feral pigeon (Columba Livia) has been domesticated by man for ...