Charles Darwin bred pigeons, and used them to learn more about the inheritance of different characteristics. For pigeons, beak size is one of those characteristics. There are 350 pigeon breeds or more ...

Your standard street pigeon might seem like a bore, but pigeon fanciers well know that the species as a whole is quite the opposite. Pigeons come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. Some have feathers ...

Growing up, Loa Blasucci was never in need of a playmate. The local make-up artist and physical fitness trainer enjoyed the company of her parents, her siblings and, of course, pigeons. Her dad, Chet ...

The rock pigeon is a single species (Columba livia) with 350 different breeds with different sizes, shapes, colors, color patterns, beaks, bone structure, vocalizations and arrangements of feathers on ...

Humans have shaped the domestic pigeon into hundreds of breeds of various shapes, colors and attributes — a diversity that captivated Charles Darwin, who even conducted breeding experiments on his own ...

While many consider Galapagos finches to be Darwin’s primary inspiration for the theory of evolution, there is another bird who can take credit for the Origin of Species: pigeons. Yes, the ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The spectacular variations in pigeons' feathers, feet, beaks and other physical traits don't always coincide with their genetic makeup, U.S. researchers say. A study ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gayle Anderson was live in Ontario for the ...