Humans have been employing animals for thousands of years, and some examples are quirkier than others! Take the New Zealand ...

Corvids get most of the credit, but pigeons are in the same club as one of the smartest birds in the world. They can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of ...

Meet "Dinosaur," the 17 foot tall, two-ton aluminum pigeon. For the next year-and-a-half, its perch will be New York City's High Line. "Pigeons and birds, as we know, are what remains of dinosaurs," ...

The call of the Timor green pigeon once echoed around the thick forests of Indonesia. Now, sadly, that wonderful sound is ...

Although pigeons nowadays are largely regarded as urban pests, bumblers for bread crumbs, and unwelcome statuary redecorators -- in the not-too-distant past, their service to mankind was much loftier ...

Tens of thousands of pigeons were released during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games. The claim that these birds pooped on the athletes after they were scared by ceremonial cannon fire ...

It's not uncommon for pigeons to take over your garden, causing a ruckus with their flapping wings, helping themselves to your plants, and making themselves at home in their nests. It's no wonder you ...