When it comes to flocking together, homing pigeons use a simple strategy to find better ways home, according to a recent report. The study, published previously as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife and ...

It has long been recognized that birds possess the ability to use the Earth’s magnetic field for their navigation, although just how this is done has not yet been clarified. However, the discovery of ...

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