Thursday, June 6, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day — when Allied forces launched the largest amphibious attack in the history of warfare on the beaches of Normandy, France. To mark the occasion, ...

LINDSAY, Neb. (AP) - More than 3,000 years ago, the Romans used homing pigeons as messengers, and pigeons were used as a symbol and sacrifice, both sacred and secular over the centuries by the English ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — You’ve probably heard of racing boats, cars, and horses but what about racing pigeons? Well, one Hawaii pigeon racer said he does just that, and he isn’t the only one. Racing ...

PETOSKEY — The Flying Clovers Racing Pigeon Club will be sponsoring a national youth race Saturday, Sept. 26, in which birds will fly from the Grand Rapids area back to Pickerel Lake. The birds came ...

RENSSELAER — A Aorthwest Indiana man wants 4-H youth to experience the same excitement and joy he receives when his racing pigeons find their way back home after a long flight. Mike Parrish has ...

New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more.A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird, ...

Pigeon racing is taking off in China. Eight thousand of the birds were released into the winter sky in northern Hebei province last month, one of the many long-distance races holding out a promise of ...

Start them young. Give them a good home so they want to come back. By Malia Wollan “Don’t get too attached,” says Joseph LaQuiere, a 16-year-old youth ambassador for the American Racing Pigeon Union.

DENVER • It’s not yet time to release the pigeons. “I’ve got a little problem,” says Eduardo Gonzalez, pointing to the Cooper’s hawk circling above his backyard loft. The loft is home to Gonzalez’s ...

The Amarillo Pigeon Racing Club is one of about 40 such clubs across Texas, according to directories kept by the American Pigeon Racing Union and the Texas Center of Racing Pigeon Clubs. From Odessa ...

BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Yu Yuguang's heart beats faster every time he stands on his roof, eyes trained to the sky waiting for one of his pigeons to pass through the trap door of its home loft.

New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more.A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird, ...