When Ed Gale of Chesterfield County is asked to do a ceremonial dove release, no problem. Just don't expect doves. “If you do,” he said, “you’ll never see them again.” That might be OK with balloons .

Charles Darwin bred pigeons, and used them to learn more about the inheritance of different characteristics. For pigeons, beak size is one of those characteristics. There are 350 pigeon breeds or more ...

Pigeon fanciers will home in on Norman Friday and Saturday for the 50th Annual American Giant Homer Association Young Bird Futurity pigeon show. Pigeon lovers from around the country will come to the ...

MANKATO, Minn. — When Larry Wilmes tells the story about how he became a pigeon fancier, it starts with a long ride from Mankato to Pipestone in the back seat of a 1960s Plymouth. He was just a kid, a ...