Until the introduction of telephones, pigeons were used for communication commercially, and in war times, under the clever ...

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

More than a century after it was dispatched by a German soldier, a message sent via carrier pigeon has been ... military remains from the First World War. Getty Images The soldier was based ...

oil on panel and mixed media construction w/stuffed pigeon, found furniture, photographs, electric lights and a collection of brass keys on a ring Size 153 x 93.3 x 34.9 cm. (60.2 x 36.7 x 13.7 in.) ...

The Smithsonian has more: Cher Ami was a registered Black Check cock carrier pigeon, one of 600 birds owned and flown by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I. He delivered ...

He decided to see if the conclusions from a 2009 in South Africa study still hold true today — that using carrier pigeons to send files can be faster than the internet. [Jeff] sets up an ...

using them to relay information during times of war. Results of sporting contests and the Olympic Games, were also relayed to distant cities through carrier pigeons. During the age when Rome conquered ...