Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose has grown increasingly ceremonial.

A rare pink-coloured pigeon has been successfully hand-reared by staff at a Devon zoo. Paignton Zoo said its bird team had cared for a pink pigeon, a species endemic to Mauritius considered to be ...

Bertie, a male Victoria crowned pigeon, is named after Prince Albert Newquay Zoo has become the new home for one of the world's largest living species of pigeon. Bertie is a male Victoria crowned ...

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 ...

Yet in just half a century, they’d disappeared entirely. On 1 September 1914, a passenger pigeon called Martha died at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. She was the last known member of her species.

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A pink pigeon has been cared for by keepers at Paignton Zoo A rare pink-coloured pigeon has been successfully hand-reared by staff at a Devon zoo. Paignton Zoo said its bird team had cared for a ...