Caption The English pouter pigeon breed has feathers on its feet, left, while the Brunner pouter pigeon breed does not, right, yet the two breeds are closely related. University of Utah biologists ...

Photographer Luisa Maria Stagno is on a mission to document the most unusual pigeons out there, from a Danish Suabian to a ...

They are appreciated not only for their speed but for their looks, too. And there are over 800 breeds of pigeon, many bred specifically to be exhibited at shows. Messenger pigeons were used across ...

Frillback pigeons are a fancy breed known for their curled feathers, especially on their wings and back. Unlike the typical smooth feathers you see on city pigeons (also known as rock doves ...

Gary Parsons' champion jacobin pigeon, a breed which has feathers growing all around its head so you can only see its face from a certain angle, he says. (Submitted by Gary Parsons) Pigeon keeping ...

he stumbles. “Even my wife as asked me, ‘what’s the deal with you and pigeons?'” There are 375 different breeds represented at the 2025 Grand National Pigeon Show, all of them derived from ...