Ron Actis paced his back yard and scanned the skies above Kirker Pass for his pigeons racing home from Nevada. It was a 180-mile, four-hour-plus romp for the birds. It was an exhilarating and tortu… ...

A Chinese buyer bid more than $1.4 million for a prized Belgian racing pigeon in an "unprecedented" sale, according to the auctioneer that organized the sale.

Pigeon races in Chinese cities became opulent symbols of China’s economic boom, with purses over $100 million — exceeding ...

In fact, pigeon racing is a marathon, for the humans as well as the birds. Cartmell’s athletes are likely just a minute or two away, screaming toward the finish line, but he’s leaning back on ...

Racing pigeon sells for a record $1.4M at auction Armando has been called the Lewis Hamilton of pigeon racing.

Racing pigeons from strong lineage can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the top national race offers a prize of $600,000 to the winner.

Pigeon racing, long considered a harmless hobby, fosters $15 million a year in illegal gambling nationwide and kills thousands of birds, an animal rights group charged after a 15-month investigation.

For about a pound of Belgian-bred pigeon, a wealthy racing fan put down a world-record $1.9 million.

Bird handlers were devastated after a mind-boggling 5,000 homing pigeons seemingly disappeared during a race across the UK. "We’ve seen one of the very worst ever racing days in our history ...

A wayward pigeon was rescued from the side of the road by a North Andover Police officer on Monday. Officials say “Petey” the ...