Internet speeds have come a long way since the days of the dial-up modem, but sometimes you can’t beat the millennia-old method of carrier pigeon. Ancient Greeks used the so-called rats of the ...

IN NATURE (vol. xviii. p. 682) it is stated that carrier pigeons are being “turned to useful account” in a new direction in Germany, for Consul Ward writes to the Foreign Office “that the ...

Dating from the days of British colonial rule when police stations used the birds to communicate with each other, the state's carrier pigeon service employs more than 100 Belgian Homer pigeons.

He decided to see if the conclusions from a 2009 in South Africa study still hold true today — that using carrier pigeons to send files can be faster than the internet. [Jeff] sets up an ...

The method of sending messages via carrier pigeon is "one of the oldest methods of long-distance communication," according to International Military Antiques (IMA), a New Jersey-based company that ...

We’ll also be printing carrier pigeons on T-shirts using our printmaking studio.” STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD Corso releases his pigeons in Pearl River for a quick workout flight back to ...

Carrier pigeons are extraordinary creatures that deserve more than a passing glance. Used since ancient times as an effective way to convey messages over long distances, there is something about ...