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

While there is a nonzero chance, it is highly unlikely that a pigeon you encounter will be infected with the virus and even less likely that a human will contract bird flu from it.

Pigeons 'like humans' Tim Guilford, a professor of zoology at Oxford, said pigeons are rather like humans when it comes to finding their way: they prefer to follow main roads rather than go cross ...

Humans only have a field of vision of 135 degrees vertically and 180 degrees horizontally. This allows pigeons to keep an eye on their surroundings and can see predators as they’re trying to attack.

Collared doves and feral pigeons are both from the Columbidae bird family. This family consists of 310 different bird species, char ...

The extinction of the passenger pigeon is a poignant example of what happens when the interests of man clash with the interests of nature. It is believed that this species once constituted 25 to 40 ...

The bizarre, beautiful and, at times, almost comical diversity of “fancy pigeons” is captured here by photographer Luisa Maria Stagno. The much maligned pigeons we all know, which are ...

While pigeons are a common sight in urban environments around the world, their droppings can have negative effects on human health, Care Hospitals reports. According to Dr. C Satish Reddy ...