The pigeon family includes over 300 species worldwide, ranging from familiar city dwellers to rare tropical birds. Notable members include: Pigeons have compact bodies, short legs, and small heads ...

Studying wild rock doves gives us a rare chance to establish how one of science’s model species lives in nature. This may ...

Primarily used to procure and eat food, bills are also used to probe mud, peck wood, tear flesh, sift water, pry seeds, build ...

Happy New Year everybody! As is customary at this time of year, I am going to pause to take a look back at the events of the ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...