Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...

EAST CHATHAM , N.Y. — The New Year splashes in, the gusting rain disappointing skiers, skaters and snowman makers. It rains and rains through the night and finally clears in the morning to a sparkling ...

The early fossil record of the group is poor, with the oldest specimen being from the Late Oligocene of Australia. The group has no Paleogene fossil record in the Northern Hemisphere as yet, and ...

The pigeon, or dove, often became a part of religious ritual and rites of passage. While less prevalent today, the dove is still a part of ritual for some people in our modern society. At weddings, ...

Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, delivered wartime messages to save lives, and have symbolic meaning around the ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — Of the more than 300 different types of pigeons, 20 of them are represented at the Virginia State Fair this year. Fair visitors can expect to see different show birds and ...

Pigeons get a bad rap in big cities such as Austin. They're often called "rats with wings" and viewed as a nuisance, but there's much more to the birds than meets the eye. And what better time to ...

The pigeons which perch on window ledges and line roof ridges of downtown buildings are the subject of many opinions by the humans with whom they share their environment. Many of those opinions are ...