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 ...

During World War II, homing pigeons played a crucial role as secret agents, delivering vital intelligence from Nazi-occupied Europe to British forces. Operation Columba involved dropping thousands of ...

These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication blackouts. But the racing bird serves as a reminder of the brave service of ...

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, ...

A Bridgend man who has kept homing pigeons on Auldhill Road in the village for more than 40 years has been given 28 days notice to quit. Tom Weir had heard rumours of the planned redevelopment of the ...

Belgium’s pigeon racing community is facing an unprecedented spree of unsolved burglaries, with winter a particularly lucrative time for thieves. (AP Video/Mark Carlson) Trump strikes positive tone ...

We will probably never know why the pigeon ended up in a Montpelier parking lot. Perhaps it got tired or lost. Or it got left behind. What we do know is that its visit led a small crew of caring ...

In Episode 221 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re wondering, do pigeons make good pets? For thousands of years, pigeons have been a companion to humans, and today, many people raise them and show ...

Barrie Simmon's dad, Harry, (left) was one of the society's founding members Founded in 1924, Paulton Homing Society in Somerset has been sending off and welcoming home pigeons for 100 years. For many ...

It is true that humans domesticated pigeons for centuries, and feral pigeons do largely stay in urban environments because we brought them there. They are highly trainable, and if fed by humans, they ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – On July 5, 1960, a Pigeon Memorial was dedicated at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey as part of the Signal Corps’ 100th Anniversary Celebration. The pigeon on the top of the ...