Many urban pigeons (Columba livia domestica) look scruffy, grubby and peck at scraps on the ground, earning them unflattering nicknames like "flying rats" and "rats of the sky". But are these mean ...

Most New Yorkers encounter pigeons every day and don't pay much attention to these ubiquitous birds often maligned as "flying rats." But this new pigeon—a 16-foot tall aluminum version—is ...

A flight out of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport was delayed multiple times over the weekend thanks to a pair of pigeons.

But why do we hate them so much? Affectionately known by most people as rats with wings, sky rats, gutter birds and flying ashtrays, pigeons must be one of the most unloved birds around. The hatred ...

New Yorkers spotted the Central Park Zoo escapee flying high in ... found to have had severe pigeon herpesvirus and four different anticoagulant rodenticides, or rat poison, within his system ...

ALTHOUGH residents of the Elton area objected to the destruction caused by "flying rats" (pigeons) last summer it seems nothing has been done. Is it not time that local councillors, or the ...

Sometimes known as ‘gutter birds’, ‘flying rats’ or ‘rats with wings’, pigeons aren’t the most popular birds in the world. Often regarded as pests, the birds are a common sight in ...