Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...

Welcome to the world of fancy pigeons. — -- Some 7,844 pigeons gathered this weekend at the 93rd annual Grand National Pigeon Show, and not one was the average street bird. Welcome to the world ...

And even though they are quite close to the everyday park pigeon, they can hold their own against the fancier breeds. In fact, one of Jesse’s finest moments came at the Allentown Fair when one of his ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." The frillback is ...

Mike Tyson slips off his black leather jacket and takes a white homing pigeon from Luthor Nelson’s hands. The former boxer — and pigeon fancier — easily tosses it up with one hand. Then he helps open ...

Henry Nicholls wonders how things would be different had Charles Darwin given in to pressure from his publisher to rewrite Origin of Species into a popular book about pigeons. “Pigeons indeed,” huffed ...