AZ Animals on MSN

How the world’s most abundant bird went extinct

Have you heard the heartbreaking story of the last passenger pigeon to ever live? Flocks of this pigeon species were once so ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

A Mysterious Quantum Compass May Be Hiding Inside Pigeons' Livers

A pigeon (Columba livia) takes flight. (Vincent Pommeyrol/Moment/Getty Images) Long before the arrival of internet messengers ...
Marin Independent Journal

Doves and pigeons, birds you should know

Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...
ABC7

Bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea

A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Do Pigeons Find Their Way Home? New Research Suggests That the Birds’ Remarkable Navigational Skills Come From Their Livers

The birds might use the organs' iron-rich immune cells as internal compasses on overcast days, when they must rely on Earth’s ...
CNET

Bird Rescue Group Saves Pink Pigeon, Begs Public to Not Dye Birds

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...
New York Post

Pink pigeon found in NYC park was ‘deliberately dyed’ for gender reveal or celebration: rescue group

This was bird-brained idea. A pink-colored pigeon was rescued from a Manhattan park by a local bird lover and a wildlife group said the bird was “deliberately dyed” for a gender reveal or wedding. The ...