Charles Darwin once posited that birds might flap their wings to communicate, not just to fly. However, this has always been pretty tricky to test. Now, 150 years later, researchers have discovered ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a drone. Introducing the PigeonBot, a new UAV designed to soar like a real-life pigeon using bird-like feathered wings. Developed by a team of researchers at ...

Could pigeons be the model for a new generation of flying robots? That’s what the researchers who built PigeonBot, a robotic pigeon with actual feathered wings, seem to be betting. Having birdlike ...

May 30 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Wales said a pigeon was lucky to survive getting a wing impaled on bird-deterring spikes on the side of a building. The RSPCA said the pigeon was spotted with a wing ...

Most of us see birds every day. Go look outside your nearest window and chances are you're not going to have to wait long before you spot a feathered friend cruising by. Despite that, scientists have ...

Social media users are praising a well-behaved bird as a "legend" for its subway manners — and it's not the first pigeon to ...

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Dogs aren’t the only animals that vie for best in show. Hundreds of breeds of pigeons compete in their own version of the Westminster show, strutting on long, thick legs or ...

In the past, armies often depended on pigeons to carry messages. When communication lines failed during war, these birds ...

ONTARIO, Calif. - Dogs aren't the only animals that vie for best in show. Hundreds of breeds of pigeons compete in their own version of the Westminster show, strutting on long, thick legs or ...