STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Homing pigeons -- those birds with the remarkable ability to find their way home over vast distances -- have fascinated city-dwellers for over half-a-century. Decades ago, the ...

It sounds like something the Flintstones would do: Send a super-fast message, tie it to a bird’s leg and let go. Amazingly, this works — as long as the bird is a trained homing pigeon. And it’s not ...

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Today, if you want to send a message to a distant location, you’ll probably send an e-mail or a text message. But it hasn’t always been that easy. Military commanders, in particular, have always ...

Flying down U.S. 85 in his Dodge Magnum station wagon Saturday, Clint Vider carried a trunk full of birds, Bugzy the miniature schnauzer napping in a dog bed on the center console and a pit in his ...