The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been unveiled at a museum. Tommy, ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance ... from where he was later returned with a coded message. The Dickin Medal, often known as the Victoria Cross for animals ...

Using pigeons to deliver messages is no new thing. In fact, pigeons were used to announce the winners of the Olympic Games some 3,000 years ago! During the First and Second World War, homing ...

Narrator: Pigeons are one of the oldest domesticated birds. They have been kept for thousands of years and used for food, sending messages, and entertainment. They are appreciated not only for ...

The extinction of the passenger pigeon is a poignant example of what happens when the interests of man clash with the interests of nature. It is believed that this species once constituted 25 to 40 ...

This highly variable city pigeon is familiar to all urban dwellers. Multicolored birds were developed over centuries of near domestication. Polytypic (12 ssp.; nominate in North America.). Length ...

Le Vaillant's message had saved their lives. Years later, the pigeon, which died of its injuries, would be honored with the Croix de Guerre for its bravery in battle. New recruits for France’s ...