Air mail delivery is an essential part of modern life. The history of this unique invention goes back farther than you might ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are ...

More than a century after it was dispatched by a German soldier, a message sent via carrier pigeon has been found ... The message appears to carry the date 1910, or 1916. Dominique Jardy, curator ...

"Pigeons do get a bad rap, but we have to remember they saved our lives in the war by carrying messages." Ms Abbate said people did not have to be particularly artistic to join in and were urged ...

It includes the death notice of a man executed by the Nazis for releasing a pigeon carrying a message to England. The pigeons were taken on board RAF planes and would be used to send messages home ...

Domesticated pigeons were bred - whether for their meat, ability to carry messages, or racing - from wild rock pigeons, which inhabit remote cliffs and rock ledges. Those that were abandoned by ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000.

The bird’s bravery medal – awarded for its role in the destruction of a German arms site – has been listed for auction at £10 ...

For the seer, the pigeon symbolises love and harmony. The Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj is known for its spiritual grandeur, attracting saints and ascetics from across the country. And amid a sea ...