We are all animals living in a concrete jungle
BENGALURU: Man is a gregarious animal – we were taught this line in school, but I only understood...
Pigeon army could continually monitor urban pollution and disease
They are the scourge of British streets and dubbed 'rats with wings' for their unhygienic habits....
Olfactory navigation of pigeons: The effect of treatment with odorous air currents
From fledging time, two groups of homing pigeons were protected for most of the time from wind...
Pigeon poo gives Iranian officials jitters
Iranian security agencies are worried about the presence of pigeons at the Macca Masjid. Iranian...
Hawks devouring pigeons in Toronto to the delight of social media
Toronto social media users are this week extolling hawks for appearing en masse and publicly...
Pigeons carry vital air pollution clues
They have been maligned as “rats of the sky”, a filthy menace blighting our cities. Could it be,...
Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback
Brobson Lutz remembers his first squab with perfect clarity. It was the 1970s at the now-closed...
When pigeons carried Mahamastakabhisheka reports to Madras
SHRAVANABELAGOLA:With just a day to go for the Mahamastakabhisheka, the world media has arrived in...
It’s not just lizards in Iran – squirrels, cats, dolphins have also been tagged as ‘spies’ over the years
Iran may suspect special lizards of spying, but the use of animals for intelligence purposes dates...
Attempts to condition homing pigeons to magnetic stimuli
Ninety-seven homing pigeons were tested for their ability to detect small changes in magnetic...
Bar magnets mask the effect of normal magnetic disturbances on pigeon orientation
In a previous publication we reported a correlation between normal fluctuations of the earth's...
Vandenheede pigeons excel in Million Dollar Race South Africa
The final of the Million Dollar Race SAMDR took place on 3rd of February in Sun City, South...
When cricketers replaced carrier pigeons
It is difficult to put a date to when cricket’s love-hate relationship with pigeons had started,...
Pigeons worth over £3,000 snatched in two separate raids at Jesmond Vale allotments
An investigation has been launched after 24 pigeons were stolen in Newcastle . The owners of two...