John Doc McLean holds one his top racing birds, which he refers to as Silver due to the color of its feathers. Most of the pigeons are simply called by their assigned number; McLean explained that ...

The “baddest man on the planet” is making a return to competitive sports — as a pigeon racer. In Animal Planet’s “Taking on Tyson,” perhaps one of the most unusual unscripted series of the year, ...

TACOMA — Sean Steen has only to walk to the handsome shed in his backyard to indulge his flock of eager, winged athletes. The South Tacoma man digs his hand into a plastic bowl of dried maize and ...

Not bad for a rat with wings, some would say. That's the misconception encountered by many racing pigeon enthusiasts, called fanciers, but these birds are no ordinary pigeons. For centuries, homing ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — You’ve probably heard of racing boats, cars, and horses but what about racing pigeons? Well, one Hawaii pigeon racer said he does just that, and he isn’t the only one. Racing ...

Eagles are majestic. Doves are romantic. Pigeons, with their tatty wings and street-living ways, are seen by many folks as dumb and dirty, referred to as the “rats of the sky.” But if you ever met a ...

It’s a sad truth—only a small percentage of teenagers in movies respond to traditional therapy. Luckily, there are far better outcomes when wayward youth are paired with animals (Free Willy and Lean ...