Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." The frillback is ...

Step aside, fashion chickens; it’s time for a fancy pigeon to shine in the spotlight! The pigeon breeds that we see in cities are just the tip of the feathered iceberg. There are lots of beautiful and ...

Your standard street pigeon might seem like a bore, but pigeon fanciers well know that the species as a whole is quite the opposite. Pigeons come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. Some have feathers ...

University of Utah scientists identified two genes that make some pigeon breeds develop feathered feet known as muffs, while others have scaled feet. The same or similar genes might explain scaled ...

Scientists identified two genes that make some pigeon breeds develop feathered feet known as muffs, while others have scaled feet. The same or similar genes might explain scaled feet in chickens and ...

Poultry geneticists have long studied the inheritance of a prized fancy chicken breeding trait; feathered legs. Lead researcher Leif Andersson and colleagues at Texas A&M University, have investigated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pigeon fanciers will home in on Norman Friday and Saturday for the 50th Annual American Giant Homer Association Young Bird ...

SALT LAKE CITY, March 15, 2016 - University of Utah scientists identified two genes that make some pigeon breeds develop feathered feet known as muffs, while others have scaled feet. The same or ...