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 ...

A Delta Air Lines flight was delayed twice on Saturday after two pigeons caused chaos onboard. The first bird began flying ...

in particular the pigeon tick (Argas reflexus), and the nest bug (Cimex columbarius), which readily transmit harmful sickness and maladies to humans, hence the term Òflying rat." Additionally ...

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 ...

but most residents don't give them much thought because they're sometimes derided as "flying rats." However, it will be hard to overlook this new pigeon—an aluminum replica standing 16 feet tall.

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 ...

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 ...