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

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

During World War II, the British supported the French ... was even launched with the aim of enshrining the protection of carrier pigeons in the constitution, but this was ultimately unsuccessful.

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.) ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples.

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 ...

His family noted that he fought in the Yom Kippur War, was a devoted family man, dedicated kibbutznik and farmer and was best known in his retirement for raising his collection of carrier pigeons ...