To determine if the Rock Doves were interbred with feral pigeons, researchers examined DNA from collected feathers. Researchers caught both feral pigeons and Rock Doves in North Uist (Uibhist a Tuath) ...

Feral pigeons are normally gray with purple- and green-painted necks, but this domesticated variety is icy blue (hence its name), thanks to the powder down that coats its feathers in a layer of ...

They sequenced their DNA from feather samples to determine whether the birds were truly 'wild'. They also estimated how much genetic influence from feral pigeons different wild populations had ...

Feral pigeons were made by humans ... and the bird can be released in a flurry of feathers. Davies is part of the London Pigeon String Foot and Rescue group, an organisation that aims ...