Pigeons roost around the Capitol courtyard in Albany. The continued presence of pigeons at the New York Capitol has thwarted the state's plans to open the newly renovated courtyard to visitors ahead ...

When conservationists removed 131 feral cats from Japan’s remote Ogasawara Islands, no one imagined it would spark an ecological miracle. Within three short years, the population of a nearly extinct ...

The West Village is going to the birds. A massive mother pigeon and dozens of her realistic-looking squabs have turned a Manhattan townhouse into their coop for Halloween — and New Yorkers are going ...

Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations increases, so does the risk of developing diseases in offspring. This is ...

It’s a bird-brained marketing campaign. A luxe Big Apple-based cannabis dispensary announced it would be launching a fleet of 20 courier pigeons to deliver gram-sized bags to New Yorkers — but the ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

Restrictions on pigeon feeding in India’s largest city prompted a backlash from a religious community that believes in nonviolence against all creatures. By Suhasini Raj and Yan Zhuang Pigeons are ...

The bird has never gotten much credit for being intelligent. But the reinforcement learning powering the world’s most advanced AI systems is far more pigeon than human. In 1943, while the world’s ...

The red-headed wood pigeon, a critically endangered species endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Although it was on the verge of extinction in the 2000s, it can now be seen even near residential ...

Human eggs appear to be protected against a certain type of age-related mutation. In a small study, researchers found no signs that mutations accumulate in the mitochondrial DNA of human egg cells as ...

The CIA spent $20 million on an eavesdropping cat, but it’s the humble pigeon that’s pulled off the greatest intelligence heists. Most people don't think twice when they see a cat, which makes it ...

A newly discovered genetic mutation unique to humans may help explain why we are significantly more vulnerable to cancer than our closest evolutionary relatives. Researchers at the University of ...