DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists, ...

Yeah - winged rats, sky rodents. Charles Walcott of Cornell wishes we'd give pigeons a little more respect. CHARLES WALCOTT: You can take one of these pigeons a thousand miles or more in any direction ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples. Homing pigeons–which are pigeons trained by humans ...

WEBSTER — In her capacity as the town’s animal control officer, Desiree Roussin comes to the rescue of plenty of different animals — dogs, cats, you name it. But she doesn’t normally come to the ...

It has long been recognized that birds possess the ability to use the Earth’s magnetic field for their navigation, although just how this is done has not yet been clarified. However, the discovery of ...

On March 23, 1957, the Army sold its last homing pigeon. Since the earliest recorded history of battlefield communications, homing pigeons — or war pigeons — have consistently been praised for their ...

Shawn Nelson will present his program on Homing Pigeons for Beginners Saturday. Seating is limited. Questions can be sent to [email protected]. (Submitted photo) The Beaver Creek Wildlife Education ...

These are homing pigeons in flight, equipped with GPS trackers. The study found that homing pigeons' ability to remember routes depends on the complexity of the landscape below. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Today, if you want to send a message to a distant location, you’ll probably send an e-mail or a text message. But it hasn’t always been that easy. Military commanders, in particular, have always ...