Now, discover the surprising origins of homing pigeons in World War II England from All Creatures Great and Small’s official historian, Dr. Mark Roodhouse of the University of York. As Siegfried ...

Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended from the rock pigeon – are extremely effective messengers because of their innate homing abilities, enabling them to return to their nest ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been unveiled at a museum. Tommy, a pigeon from Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria, was given the Dickin Medal ...

It has also relinquished the honour of being the capital of the racer Homer breed in India to Chennai. The number of serious racing pigeon fanciers in the city has dwindled to less than 50 from ...

During the peak racing times, a Homer pigeon would travel back to its city's loft after completing a race within a day from Allahabad to Kolkata (814 km), which is faster than any express train.