Beyond the rooftops, the heartbeat of the hobby is also felt in the weekly pigeon market in Bahri city, north of Khartoum. Cages line the ground and crowd onto small carts -- homing pigeons displayed ...

If pigeons did not possess this internal navigational system, how on earth did they know where to go? Another, unconfirmed, theory suggests that proteins within pigeons’ retinas, named cryptochromes, ...

Jitendra Kumar is set to headline a new film alongside Pooja Bhatt that delves into India's traditional pigeon-flying practice.

Jitendra Kumar stars as a devoted pigeon-keeper alongside Pooja Bhatt as his mother in a film exploring the rich tradition of pigeon-flying in India. Directed by Bilal Hasan, production starts next ...

Photo courtesy of HUNTER HART Fifth-grade teacher Hunter Hart brought one of his homing pigeons to class for a science lesson. Homing pigeons have been prized for their navigational abilities for ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, public reviews, and a provisional response from the authors. This study ...

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