PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Five white pigeons "fly the coop" at a loft in Beaver Falls. No problem. They're homing pigeons. "These birds will fly for hours and hours once you get them trained," says owner ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples. Homing pigeons–which are pigeons trained by humans ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Air mail delivery is an essential part of modern life. The ...

Tim Guilford has received funding from EPSRC, BBSRC, NERC, RSPB, John Fell, Merton College. Pigeons have extraordinary navigational abilities. Take a pigeon from its loft and let it go somewhere it ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Pigeons have extraordinary navigational abilities.