Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

The pigeon family includes over 300 species worldwide, ranging from familiar city dwellers to rare tropical birds. Notable members include: Pigeons have compact bodies, short legs, and small heads ...

An expedition team made up of scientists and conservationists began their search to rediscover the bird in September Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The story of Martha the passenger pigeon elicits both nostalgia and remorse for Cincinnati, the city that protected this bird, the last of her species, in a place where conservation is key. We toast ...

Although passenger pigeons were the victims of human hunters, we still don’t understand precisely how a species can decline from billions to none within a period of fifty years. Can genetics give us ...

Despite their reputation for being dirty and disease-carrying, pigeons are actually quite clean animals that pose little risk of transmitting pathogens to humans. Pigeons aren't stupid, either, ...

Scientists believe they may have new insights into why passenger pigeons went extinct, after analyzing DNA from the toes of birds that have been carefully preserved in museums for over a century.