"But once homing pigeons have flown a journey more than once, they appear to ignore the traditional forms of navigation and depend more and more on the roads that they remember being on the route ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000.

Pigeon fanciers from around the world have flocked to a seaside town for their annual show. The British Homing World Show was held in Blackpool is thought to have attracted about 15,000 visitors ...

A military medal which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War has been sold at auction and will return to his local area.

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 ...

A military medal which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War has been sold at auction and will return to his local area.

Wood pigeons numbers are booming in UK gardens, with a current population of around 2.7 million. It suggests that as more farmers are now growing oil seed rape, wood pigeons have found a great source ...