image: This shows striking variation between breeds of domestic pigeons. Left: Old German owl breed with a head crest and short beak. Right: Scandaroon breed with large beak and no crest. Background: ...

The pigeons at Saturday’s pigeon show and competition near Anniston had names as fancy as their feathers. The Old German Owls, the West of England Tumblers, the Bald-Headed Show Rollers and others sat ...

Charles Darwin bred pigeons, and used them to learn more about the inheritance of different characteristics. For pigeons, beak size is one of those characteristics. There are 350 pigeon breeds or more ...

Charles Darwin was obsessed with domestic pigeons. He thought they held the secrets of selection in their beaks. Free from the bonds of natural selection, the 350-plus breeds of domestic pigeons have ...