In a RSPB discussion thread timestamped 2010, a birder shared how some fat rock pigeons would invade her garden during the breeding season, stripping their pyracantha plant of its red berries and ...

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.

In 1882, the French Naturalist Camille Viguier was among the first to propose the existence of a magnetic sense. His ...

Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

Mumbai's civic body has banned pigeon feeding. It says the growing pigeon population is causing respiratory issues. Pigeon-lovers are fighting back.

"Originally published as Secret Pigeon Service in Great Britain in 2018 by William Collins"--Title page verso. The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as ...

A cheery reminder of Minneapolis' most iconic public art: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen 's Spoonbridge and Cherry, ...

There's something special about buying local for the holidays. These holiday craft fairs in the area are a great way to check off your list, enjoy the lights and music, and chat with the people who ...

A group of students at the University have come together to form a bird strike committee, doing rounds of campus buildings to look for birds killed in window collisions. The committee maps hotspots ...

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