WASHINGTON — At first glance, the animals in three small, white-painted wooden buildings in John Celia’s backyard look like the street birds that get little respect in cities all over the world. But ...

Thousands of people worldwide train and race pigeons, including here in Oklahoma. We’re also home to the American Pigeon Museum, the only one of its kind in the world. Bob Roberson, or Pigeon Bob to ...

PETOSKEY — Sensing opportunities for children and teens to learn and have fun, Mike Netzky hopes to see pigeon racing take flight as a pastime in Northern Michigan. Netzky, a Springvale Township ...

Hope, Emily Dickinson wrote, is the thing with feathers. Or, in this case, lots of feathers. Lots and lots of feathers. Stan Elkins has an unusual hope. The 43-year-old police officer hopes to ...

While most New Yorkers think of pigeons as “rats with wings,” there is a small yet ardent community that trains them to race. The dedicated flyers are declining in number, but those remaining are ...

A pigeon fancier fears he could be forced to destroy some of his racing birds after planners objected to the location of their home. Roy Davies, 73, has been refused retrospective planning permission ...

Their flocks depleted after a disastrous race two weeks ago, the major organization of Lehigh Valley racing pigeon clubs has cut short its fall racing season. The Lehigh Mountain Combine, a collective ...