As feathers fly in pigeon wars, one friend emerges
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NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters Life!) - London has outlawed feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square and brought in trained hawks to kill them, prompting legal action against Mayor Ken Livingstone.
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Hanging out with the âCloverfieldâ cast, fighting jitters.
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By DENNIS MCCANN  They come to the marsh in flocks at this time of year, first the avian flock in down and feathers, then the human flock in down and denim.
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Some cowbirds make other birds an offer they can't refuse, a new study says: Raise our chicks or we'll whack yours.
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Kingston moves to contain flying rat menace The council of Kingston in Surrey is to carry out a "humane cull" of pigeons in the town's Memorial Gardens, the Surrey Comet reports.â¦
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Homing pigeons use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists confirm.
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Homing pigeons may use a magnetic "map" inside their beaks to navigate, according to new research.
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Bird lovers from all over the country have been flocking to Rutland to catch a brief glimpse of the first English-hatched osprey to breed in England for over 150 years.
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Eleven pigeon enthusiasts have been charged with beating, shooting dead and suffocating dozens of hawks and falcons in a bid to protect their pigeons during flying competitions, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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The sensitivity of a homing pigeon&#39;s beak could provide an answer to the complicated story of how it finds its way home. Scientists have shown for the first time that homing
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The story of a Brandeis University scientist and her famous African grey parrot, Alex, whose untimely death last fall made news around the world, will be told in a book.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 3--MOSS POINT -- Egrets wheeling in the sky and pelicans foraging in Bennett Bayou on Friday morning incited a smile from Judy Steckler. "Isn't that a beautiful sight?" she said.
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When lobsters flirt or fight they first signal their intention by urinating in one another's faces. Strange facts like this are published in a new book about the little-known life of these familiar crustaceans.
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Homing pigeons carry out their long-range navigational feat thanks to tiny magnetic particles in their upper beaks, scientists confirm.
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One of the more unusual medals awarded during World War II -- given to a carrier pigeon parachuted into occupied France alongside British agents -- is to be sold, auctioneers said.
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Friends and money don't always mix.
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Italians looking after the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum have declared war on pigeons.