HEADLAND ‒ As the group of homing pigeons circled the sky above, John Ross Helms whistled ‒ the signal that usually brings the birds back to their pen because they associate it with eating. Helms ...

Scientists have long been baffled by pigeons’ ability to find their way back home from hundreds of miles away. And despite decades of study and research that have shown what the birds do, they still ...

More than 1,000 pigeons from across the West of England are being prepared to play their part in the VE Day celebrations. The Paulton Homing Society in Somerset is among many groups across the UK ...

The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the oldest continuously running livestock show and rodeo in the United States. Each year the 130-year-old event draws more than 1 million attendees and is home ...

The athletes trained almost from birth to compete in the 350-mile race from Nebraska’s Panhandle to Omaha. These racers ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off ...