Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples.

Until the introduction of telephones, pigeons were used for communication commercially, and in war times, under the clever ...

Now, discover the surprising origins of homing pigeons in World War II England from All Creatures Great and Small’s official historian, Dr. Mark Roodhouse of the University of York. As Siegfried ...

Waikato pigeon fancier Ray Hooker’s interest in his grandmother’s and father’s pigeons, budgies, canaries and cockatiels ended up with him being given the responsibility for them at 11 years old.

A military medal which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War has been sold at auction and will return to his local area.

“My parents bought a farm and they had no time so I took over,” he said. “We had homing pigeons that were raised for eating, but I didn’t want to eat them anymore.” He sold a pair to a ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000. Tommy, from Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, was blown off course and ...