The beady-eyed athletes scan an unfamiliar wind-swept prairie from behind the starting gate. They’ve prepared for this day since birth. Pricey high-nutrient meals, early-morning training sessions, ...

Allen Small was 9 years old when he bought his first pigeon for 25 cents. That was 70 years ago. Now, after spending tens of thousands of dollars and nearly a lifetime breeding and racing the birds, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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