“What was that?” Vincent Torre said. His three visitors saw nothing. Torre looked to his right and noticed that his 80 pigeons were all standing still, their heads aimed in the same direction, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. WESTBROOK — Raising and racing homing pigeons can be a fun labor of love, ...

The homing ability of a group of pigeons raised under conditions of continuous exposure to wind-borne information was compared to that of another group subjected to exposure to winds only during the ...

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. - Dwight Morgan, a chef by trade, is living out his dream of owning a farm. "When you come through those gates," said Dwight, "it's like a part of paradise." He’s got sheep, cows, ...

This study compares the orientation of untreated pigeons and pigeons subjected to olfactory deprivation at two lofts near Pisa, Italy, at a loft at Ithaca, New York, USA, and at a loft at Frankfurt ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

BAGHDAD — Kidnappers attempting to evade capture in Iraq have hit on a new, risk-free method of collecting ransom payments: the homing pigeon. Iraqi police say they have recorded repeated instances of ...

Homing pigeons are bred for their navigation skills. They find their way along a mental map of signs and smells, using the sun and the Earth’s geomagnetic field as a biological compass to find their ...