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A small contingent of chunky, dove-like birds cautiously patter around a clearing in a park in suburban Sydney.…
Step aside lizards, looks like we have a new animal overlord. A recent study published in Proceedings of the National…
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Yesterday, in 1904, pyschologist B.F. Skinner was born. His contribution to the world? This pigeon-guided missile…
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We may think of pigeons as "flying rats," but research published today in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that…
Around sixty-seven thousand years ago, someone ate a Rock dove. In doing so, that individual began an association…
A quiet Paris day is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a massive feather that floats down into the streets. But…
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Today I found out about Project Pigeon andProject X-Ray, WWII plans to use pigeons to guide missiles and (literal) bat…
Who hasn't dreamed of soaring over a city, dipping between the rooftops, peering into people's windows? A new…
When the Google Street View team rolled through Tokyo recently, a bunch of writers from a Japanese humor website were…
Pigeons are everywhere in cities, but they don't get a lot of love. True, they can spread disease and aren't very…
Pigeons are among the most naturally gifted navigators in the animal kingdom. And while we've only recently begun to…
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Pigeons just don't get the same love that canaries, blue jays, and chickadees get. To rehabilitate the images of these…
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