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

THE three volumes before us, by one of the leading American naturalists of his time, form one of the most important landmarks in evolutionary study since Mendel, Bateson, and de Vries, or in some ...

A new study conducted by Dr. Edwin Dalmaijer, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Bristol, UK, looked at the social influences on pigeon flight routes. Comparing the flight patterns of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of ...