LONDON — In times of war, they have proved safer than radios, more nimble than humans, more fuel-efficient than aircraft. Depending on the price of birdseed. Their exploits, though, have tended to go ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s just me and Marty now, standing in my kitchen after a day at the office. He is a pigeon, and I am a man, but we are getting along just fine, snacking, ...

Journeys of people who have settled in a town have been championed in artworks of a bird that can always find its way home. The Hometown Birds project, using the symbol of a pigeon, encouraged people ...

The Vermilion Arts Guild is hosting the Early Bird Art Show now through April 30 in the Main Street Vermilion gallery, 685 Main St. The “added show,” which was included five years ago, was inspired by ...

Are humans the only animals that can appreciate beauty? Stories about painting elephants and chimps have convinced some that we are not the only species with a developed sense of the aesthetic. But ...

Parents may praise their children’s artwork as if each piece were a da Vinci or a Rembrandt – but pigeons, new research suggests, are somewhat more discerning. Several birds have successfully learned ...