Pigeons: Members of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata ...

Charles Darwin bred pigeons, and used them to learn more about the inheritance of different characteristics. For pigeons, beak size is one of those characteristics. There are 350 pigeon breeds or more ...

The rock pigeon's funky hairdos have been pinned to a single gene mutation that signals head and neck feathers to grow up rather than down in a tamer fashion, report researchers who have just decoded ...

A change in a single gene ruffles the feathers of all pigeons with collars and crests, a new study shows. Many breeds of rock pigeons have these crests, even though they come from different branches ...

Picture a pigeon: gray body, iridescent neck feathers, probably pecking away at trash on a city sidewalk. But there are actually more than 350 different breeds of pigeon, and many of them look nothing ...

January 31, 2013, Shenzhen, China – In a study published today in Science, researchers from University of Utah, BGI, and other institutes have completed the genome sequencing of rock pigeon, Columba ...

Rick Kilgore’s Chinese Owl pigeons are fluffed and ready for Saturday’s show. GREENFIELD — They’re not owls and they’re not Chinese, but Rick Kilgore will have his Chinese Owl pigeons on display at ...

In Episode 221 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re wondering, do pigeons make good pets? For thousands of years, pigeons have been a companion to humans, and today, many people raise them and show ...

Growing up, Loa Blasucci was never in need of a playmate. The local make-up artist and physical fitness trainer enjoyed the company of her parents, her siblings and, of course, pigeons. Her dad, Chet ...

They might be viewed as a pest, but pigeons are actually the most varied birds on the planet. Some have feathers reaching up over their heads like a hood. Others have feathers all the way to the tips ...