Bengaluru’s formal association with pigeon racing dates back to the 1920s, when the Bangalore Homing Society was established.

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Pigeons can recognize themselves in mirrors, a sign of advanced intelligence shared with only a few animal species. They can remember hundreds of images for years and accurately distinguish between ...

Alabama's Monroe County Animal Shelter is working to reunite the 4-year-old pigeon, named Bob, with his owner back home in the U.K. A homing pigeon named Bob ended up thousands of miles off the mark ...

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, ...