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Featured in pigeons

By Mar 13, 2019
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: 40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
By Aug 20, 2018
Science

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution owes more to his garden than the Galápagos

On the Origin of Pigeons, Worms, and Barnacles.
By Feb 16, 2018
Animals

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback

It’s reviled by city slickers, but revered by chefs.
By Apr 18, 2017
Science

Most scientific studies only use male subjects. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea.

It's birdbrained
By Sep 16, 2016
Animals

Pigeons Can Read A Little Bit, New Research Shows

I wonder if they read Popular Science
By Sep 16, 2016
Animals

Pigeons Know When They’re Getting Bad Leadership Advice

Can we learn something from bird democracies?
By Feb 25, 2016
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Dodos Were Actually Not That Dumb

Vindicated at last
By Nov 19, 2015
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Pigeons Are Actually Pretty Good At Identifying Malignant Cancer

But don't fire your doctor yet
By Nov 16, 2015
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Protein Compass Might Explain How Animals Detect Magnetic Fields

And could someday help combat disease in humans
By Jul 18, 2014
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Super Moons, Huge Typhoons, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

We promise, it doesn't all rhyme.