New regulations and the drawing power of megaresorts are making Las Vegas a haven for high stakes races over hundreds of miles of desert for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It also means that ...

The athletes trained almost from birth to compete in the 350-mile race from Nebraska’s Panhandle to Omaha. These racers ...

Despite numerous studies and a variety of theories, no one knows for sure how homing pigeons can always find their way back home. Their amazing ability to navigate while flying 40-45 miles per hour ...

The white-winged pigeon had flown 150 miles when it finally landed atop its home in Wayne Rozendaal’s backyard. “Come on now. Get on inside,” says Rozendaal, checking his watch. “Many, many a race has ...

ANDALUSIA, Ill. — It's a sport with an aerial race track. The starting line can be hundreds of miles away from the Quad Cities, and the finish line is home. A group of people raise and train pigeons ...

Start them young. Give them a good home so they want to come back. By Malia Wollan “Don’t get too attached,” says Joseph LaQuiere, a 16-year-old youth ambassador for the American Racing Pigeon Union.