Homing pigeons (Columba livia) have been prized for their navigational abilities for thousands of years. They've served as messengers during war, as a means of long-distance communication, and as ...
Tim Guilford has received funding from EPSRC, BBSRC, NERC, RSPB, John Fell, Merton College. Pigeons have extraordinary navigational abilities. Take a pigeon from its loft and let it go somewhere it ...
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Pigeons have extraordinary navigational abilities.