Pigeons: Members of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata ...

The pigeon (Columba livia), also called a rock dove, is a stout-bodied bird with a fleshy beak and large wings. There are between 310-352 pigeon species distributed worldwide. Many are native to the ...

It is true that humans domesticated pigeons for centuries, and feral pigeons do largely stay in urban environments because we brought them there. They are highly trainable, and if fed by humans, they ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by ...

Bird banding at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet is delicate work, more like jewelry repair ...

Andrew Lydeard, 36, works in bird conservation with Alabama Audubon, the local chapter of the national society. Mason Currier ...

Groundbreaking achievements include successfully grown Pigeon Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs), gene edited chicken surrogates, three new avian genomes for key dodo comparison species, the creation of a ...

The food sources available to the birds can be limited in most areas. Here are some suggestions for plants and seeds you can ...