Pigeon racing is taking off in China. Eight thousand of the birds were released into the winter sky in northern Hebei province last month, one of the many long-distance races holding out a promise of ...

From a building facing Havana’s iconic Malecon waterfront, pigeon keepers crane out of a window, intently watching the grey birds take flight. Mostly staying indoors due to the country’s worst ...

In eastern Thailand, 5,000 pigeons brave predators and exhaustion in a gruelling sprint for a US$2 million purse Somewhere on ...

Homing pigeons are in serious trouble. Many fanciers fear that some mysterious influence is confusing or destroying their famous homing instinct. Last week the Homing Pigeon Club of Tucson, Ariz, ...

The last of Lancaster city's pigeon fanciers may get to keep their prized birds after all. Encouraged by Mayor Rick Gray, the city Board of Health voted unanimously Monday at a special hearing to let ...

A pigeon fancier who is being evicted from his allotment by Network Rail says it has been "heart-wrenching" to sell his birds. Mick Ready was told in August that the rail provider wanted to close the ...

GREENWICH — Hundreds of pigeons and their fans from the tri-state area will congregate in Greenwich this weekend for the Big Apple Invitational. The event, sponsored by the New York Combine, is the ...

Pigeon fanciers across the region have denied their hobby is cruel to birds. Animal welfare charity Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) claim an average of 75% of birds in cross-Channel ...