JANESVILLE, Wis.—Dale Herion scanned the low, overcast skies, fretting the return of his newest squadron of young racing pigeons to their lofts in his backyard. It was their first race, and they were ...

PETOSKEY — Sensing opportunities for children and teens to learn and have fun, Mike Netzky hopes to see pigeon racing take flight as a pastime in Northern Michigan. Netzky, a Springvale Township ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off ...

Because some lofts are closer to the race site than others, pigeons aren’t judged strictly on their finish times. Winners are determined by calculating how many yards per minute the bird flew from ...

RANST, Belgium (AP) -- Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off ...

Over 4 years, only two known cases of fluke invasions were diagnosed in racing pigeons (Columba livia) originating from different regions of Poland. In both cases, the invasion was characterized by a ...