Each of the birds had been raised from birth for the obscure yet centuries-old pastime of pigeon racing. And while the first race of the pigeons’ lives would be a 100-mile sprint, the margin of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Away from the high-stakes glamour of the big-money race days, Warwick Farm-based trainer Gary Portelli is just as happy focusing on ...

NEW YORK − There's a giant pigeon in Manhattan. And it's making people everywhere understand more about the much-maligned birds and the flightiness of their biggest critics - humans. The 16-foot ...

The lean man grabs a small box of multigrain mix from a shop nearby, removes his leather chappals, and gets ready to feed the pigeons in the vicinity. He joins his palms in prayer to the birds and ...

Alongside these is another ubiquitous scene — flocks of pigeons fluttering around a pavement, pecking at grain thrown by bird feeders and passersby. The 2009 Bollywood hit ‘Delhi 6’ and its song ...

A rail company has asked customers to stop feeding pigeons, after a "long-running battle" with the nuisance birds. Northern said they had been nesting at stations and causing problems with their ...

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 ...

It makes or breaks the show bird," Mr Spencley says. And not to be forgotten, specially bred racing pigeons can fly 1,300 kilometres within two days and travel at speeds of 50–60 kilometres per ...

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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 ...

The 16-foot-tall pigeon sculpture has the city in a flutter. Artist Iván Argote's sculpture titled "Dinosaur" depicts an enormous pigeon looking out over New York's 10th Avenue. "This is ...