The athletes trained almost from birth to compete in the 350-mile race from Nebraska’s Panhandle to Omaha. These racers aren’t runners — they’re flyers, homing pigeons to be exact.

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

One hundred and seventy-five years ago, Charles Darwin set out with a survey voyage, aboard the , in what would be a groundbreaking expedition for his own theories, and the way the world would come to ...

Fergus Wilson, once named Britain’s most controversial landlord, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 77-year-old has had four spells in hospital, each for two weeks, over the last eight ...

The beady-eyed athletes scan an unfamiliar wind-swept prairie from behind the starting gate. They’ve prepared for this day ...

Greece’s Tinos is famous, among other things, for its dovecotes or peristeriones, which are dotted throughout the island. They are not just simple birdhouses, but masterpieces of folk art and ...

The Labour Government has announced £2.5 million in funding to secure a new Welding Development Facility in Glasgow, after the Scottish Government declined to back the project. The announcement will ...