Jim Effting's trained his pigeons to find their way home after being released 600 miles away. No one really knows how they do it. "Scientists have studied them forever," Jim said. "They've tried to ...

Thousands of people worldwide train and race pigeons, including here in Oklahoma. We’re also home to the American Pigeon Museum, the only one of its kind in the world. Bob Roberson, or Pigeon Bob to ...

Hundreds of pigeons emerge from a slim opening in a backyard shed outfitted into a coop, their heads bobbing as their owner, Wilberto Aponte out, shoos them out, gruffly urging them to fly. In a ...

Her name was Bella, and she brought endless joy to Mohcine Bouzoubaa. But the blue-checkered pigeon, winner of several races, has now retired, and the pharmacist speaks of her with a catch in his ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

There is almost nothing some handlers will not do to win. Competitors have been kidnapped and then offered up for ransom. Others have reportedly been smuggled onto high-speed trains to get to the ...

A bid to keep an enlarged racing pigeon loft built without permission near terraced homes in a Lancashire town's conservation area should be refused for heritage and privacy reasons, councillors are ...

But the racing bird serves as a reminder of the brave service of its predecessors in World Wars I and II, and the 1870 siege of Paris. Inside Europe's last military pigeon loft, Sergeant Sylvain ...

A racing pigeon flying home to Wolverhampton from Truro, Cornwall, diverted to Cheshire and sustained a potentially fatal injury in the process. Doreen Lacey found the pigeon bleeding and in distress ...

The largescale release of racing pigeons can no longer take place in Guernsey due to increased risks for air traffic, the port authority has said. Guernsey Ports said requests to release large numbers ...

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the country When champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last ...