Homing pigeons combine multiple navigation systems—using the sun’s position for direction, a magnetic sense to orient on overcast days, and olfactory (smell) cues to build a mental map of their home ...

There's an unknown world beneath the feet of London — particularly if you're to believe the fruitfully fanciful mind of illustrator Mark Cowie. In the fourth instalment of his 'The World Beneath' ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples. Homing pigeons–which are pigeons trained by humans ...

In the fall of 1918, hundreds of U.S. infantrymen found themselves surrounded by German forces in northern France’s Argonne Forest. Here’s the incredible story of how they managed to survive. World ...

“They should have been back by now,” Marsha Fredrichs said on a recent Thursday morning from the tandem glider in her Lakeville yard, her eyes trained on the sky. Marsha was in the perch where she and ...

One of the most heralded airborne heroes of World War I didn’t fly a plane. Cher Ami is credited with saving the lives of 194 American soldiers, for which he received the Croix de Guerre from the ...

In Episode 221 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re wondering, do pigeons make good pets? For thousands of years, pigeons have been a companion to humans, and today, many people raise them and show ...

Gustav the RAF homing pigeon made a perilous flight for five hours and 16 minutes to relay the first news of the Allied landings on D-Day. (Imperial War Museum) On June 6, 1944, the first report of ...