Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or ...

When it comes to flocking together, homing pigeons use a simple strategy to find better ways home, according to a recent report. The study, published in the journal eLife, suggests that homing pigeons ...

Each morning, 94-year-old Vern Clausen rises at his home on the far West Side and performs his morning ritual. He eats a bowl of Cheerios, prays his devotions and then moves on to the highlight of his ...

Tom Van Gaver awoke to find that someone had broken in and swiped his most prized possession, a 1-pound pigeon named Finn. The untrained eye wouldn't detect anything special in the 11-inch-tall pigeon ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

60 Minutes has reported on plenty of high-profile crimes before — but nothing like the "fowl play" involving the Columba livia domestica. That's not some international crime syndicate. That's the ...

Pigeon owner Rodney Lowe keeps close to 100 birds in his quiet South Townsville backyard, and trains them every year for club races. “They just bring a bit of joy to my day, it’s like meditation,” Mr ...

On the list of things Lelton Morse loves in life, his wife, his son and daughter-in-law, and God come first. His pigeons come next, but not by much. Morse breeds and races homing pigeons. Hundreds of ...

David Attenborough’s new Secret Garden documentaries, which focus on the wildlife in our very own backyard, show just how important unremarkable-seeming species like damselflies and urban foxes are to ...

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Guests wait for an Easter mass wedding ceremony to begin at the International Pentecost Holiness church in Zuurbekom. Since 1962 ...