BRISTOL — On a warm breezy May afternoon, Cass Witkowski, lifted an 8-day-old homing pigeon from its nest in Shamrock Loft — the name he has given his backyard coop behind his Bristol home — and ...

The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the oldest continuously running livestock show and rodeo in the United States. Each year the 130-year-old event draws more than 1 million attendees and is home ...

HEADLAND ‒ As the group of homing pigeons circled the sky above, John Ross Helms whistled ‒ the signal that usually brings the birds back to their pen because they associate it with eating.

After Thanksgiving, Derek Duke and I were scouting Walk-in-the-Water WMA near Frostproof for an upcoming deer hunt. About 3 miles into the hike, we discovered a dead pigeon in the sugar sand trail.

A collage of four breeds of pigeons shows two with scaled feet (top) and two with feathered feet, known as muffs (bottom). Top left is a racing homer. Top right is an English Pouter. Bottom left is an ...

Allen Small was 9 years old when he bought his first pigeon for 25 cents. That was 70 years ago. Now, after spending tens of thousands of dollars and nearly a lifetime breeding and racing the birds, ...

A pigeon-racer in Prince Albert, Sask., says a city council ruling that now lets people keep as many as 30 birds on their property is an important victory. John Steel moved to the city in 2003, but ...