It is a fascinating phenomenon that homing pigeons always find their way home. Researchers have now carried out experiments demonstrating that pigeons have a spatial map and thus possess cognitive ...

CHELMSFORD — Five wing beats per second. Six hundred heartbeats per minute. Forty to sixty miles per hour. They find their way back home from anywhere. Scientists are not really sure how they do it.

Homing pigeons are extraordinary navigators, but how they manage to find their way back to their lofts is still debated. To navigate, birds require a ‘map’ (to tell them home is south, for example) ...

Today, some countries still maintain pigeon lofts. Britain's Queen Elizabeth keeps 160 mature pigeons and 80 young birds in her Royal loft, according to the official website of the British Monarchy.

For those living in or visiting New York City this May and June, the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig is partnering with the Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley on a weekend public art performance and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The white-winged pigeon had flown 150 miles when it finally landed atop its home in Wayne Rozendaal’s backyard. “Come on now. Get on inside,” says Rozendaal, ...

Homing pigeons, like other birds, are extraordinary navigators, but how they manage to find their way back to their lofts is still debated. To navigate, birds require a 'map' (to tell them home is ...