A racing pigeon was bought at auction last Sunday – and the price tag was nothing to coo at. New Kim, a Belgian-bred racing pigeon, was sold for $1.9 million to a wealthy Chinese bidder under the ...

The photographer’s new series shines a light on the UK’s shrinking community of pigeon fanciers who are flying the flag for the historic sport While most of us have been glued to our sofas in the wake ...

Before the Wi-fi and the Internet, the telephone and the telegraph, the original instant messaging services of society were homing pigeons. After becoming the first domesticated birds, for an ...

MERIDIANVILLE, Alabama - Some people bet on horses, greyhounds and even dead mullets - think Flora-Bama's annual competition. Then there's Charles "Ray" Cortez, a 62-year-old Pennsylvania native who ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A barrage of flapping wings greets visitors to Rafael “Pep” Bachier’s bird coop, an RV-size space tucked beside his bright yellow Roxbury auto repair shop. Close to 40 rainbow-colored cubbies, one for ...

FOR the uninformed, pigeon racing is one of the great sporting mysteries. So many questions. How do you train a pigeon? Where are they kept when they're not racing? How do they get to the race start?