Avian enthusiast Emil Schachtzabel (1850-1941) was fascinated by the wide variety of hybrid pigeon breeds that fanciers ...

They are appreciated not only for their speed but for their looks, too. And there are over 800 breeds of pigeon, many bred specifically to be exhibited at shows. Messenger pigeons were used across ...

All types of pigeons have evolved from one species: the common rock pigeon. Today there are over 300 different breeds of fancy pigeons. Germany is the fancy pigeon capital of the world ...

"It has yellow fluff on it." Since humans domesticated pigeons thousands of years ago, we've also bred about 300 different breeds of the pigeon species, Winston said. "They come in this crazy ...