The American Racing Pigeon Union’s website shows that there were over 51,000 sanctioned races in 2023. The races are split into categories by distance – 100, 250, 300, 400 and 500 miles.

Dark Horse Loft near New Richmond is home to a unique mother and son pigeon racing team. Dark Horse Loft near New Richmond is home to a unique mother and son pigeon racing team who compete against ...

Gloria Hillard reports from California on the old-fashioned sport of pigeon racing.

The pigeons are on their way back from Fort Worth, Texas. The North Platte Flyers homing pigeon club is in the midst of the final “old” birds race of the ...

STERLING (AP) -- These aren't your garden-variety pigeons. Let these birds go, and they'll fly 300 miles straight home in a half-day.

Homing pigeons, just one of the many varieties of domestic pigeons, were once used to carry information and messages over long distances. When trained, they have an innate ability to ...

No, I don’t. I just love the sport,” he said. According to historians, pigeon racing as a sport began in Belgium, where the first long distance competition of more than 100 miles was held in 1818.

Pigeons can reuse the same nest, sometimes building a new one on top of the old. Pigeons mate for life and breed year-round with peak activity in spring and fall.

Each year the 130-year-old event draws more than 1 million attendees and is home to the world's original indoor rodeo. Recently, Morning Edition host Andrew Garcia and I dropped in to the Stock ...

Back around 2006 — back when Orlean wrote about the sport in The New Yorker — the American Racing Pigeon Union counted about 800 clubs nationwide. That’s closer to 450 today.