Ten-year-old Jacob Sewall had seen pigeons only in books before a Maine neighbor named Scott Landry introduced the lad to breeding and racing the oft-misunderstood birds. Every day after school and by ...

“What was that?” Vincent Torre said. His three visitors saw nothing. Torre looked to his right and noticed that his 80 pigeons were all standing still, their heads aimed in the same direction, ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Hans Foell spends race days pacing his Concord, Calif., backyard, squinting up Kirker Pass as he waits for one of his prizewinning birds to come into view. Foell’s brother gave ...

Brian Lord is already a father, but he's also a parent to about 100 pigeons in his front yard. When they're old enough, Lord lets the pigeons leave their home for the big world around them. But he's ...

Racing pigeons are released at dawn from a starting point 100 to 550 miles from home so they can see visual cues and arrive at their coops before dark. But they apparently rely heavily on their ...

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by a group of Chicago residents who breed, raise and train homing pigeons challenges the constitutionality of a city ordinance prohibiting pigeons from being raised ...