In cities, pigeons have become a constant element of the landscape. They often build their nests on balconies or windowsills, significantly dirtying them with droppings. Pigeon droppings carry ...

After darkening the skies of North America for 20,000 years, the passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction. It changed our ...

Concerted searches were made and rewards offered for the capture of wild passenger pigeons. From 1909 to 1912, the American Ornithologists' Union offered $1,500 to anyone finding a nest or nesting ...

Gardeners in the UK have been warned not to disrupt doves or pigeons nesting in their garden from February onwards - as they could face fines or even prosecution. The birds, which are protected ...

With skyscraper ledges to nest on and humans dropping food, pigeons flocked to New York City, home to more than a million of the birds. 8 min read These stories appear in the April 2019 issue of ...

King's College, fed up of pigeon droppings at its historic campus, wants to install spikes into college walls to prevent the birds from nesting. The college said pigeons nesting in the stonework ...

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 ...

Pigeons nesting under solar panels have landed Nottingham City Council with a bill of more than £350,000. The authority has already fitted thousands of panels to tenants' homes as part of its ...