Most New Yorkers encounter pigeons every day and don't pay much attention to these ubiquitous birds often maligned as "flying rats." But this new pigeon—a 16-foot tall aluminum version—is ...

Skinner (1904-1990), a well-known American psychologist, for what he himself called a “crackpot” project in 1960 to explore whether pigeons could be trained to guide missiles. Skinner trained ...

Meet "Dinosaur," the 17 foot tall, two-ton aluminum pigeon. For the next year-and-a-half, its perch will be New York City's High Line. "Pigeons and birds, as we know, are what remains of dinosaurs ...

Voice 2: The peace Ig Nobel went to the late US psychologist BF Skinner for putting trained pigeons in the noses of missiles to guide them during World War II. Project Pigeon was called off in ...

We will probably never know why the pigeon ended up in a Montpelier parking lot. Perhaps it got tired or lost. Or it got left behind. What we do know is that its visit led a small crew of caring ...

A rare pink pigeon has been hand-reared at a UK zoo for the first time. Pink pigeons, endemic to Mauritius, are on the red ...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Godzilla and King Kong have met their match. A giant pigeon sculpture called “Dinosaur” is now in place on the High Line near 10th Avenue and 30th Street.

In London, things aren’t so cute and cuddly. Nobody quite knows how many pigeons there are, but it’s thought to be about three million, or one for every three humans. Those birds are often ...

NEW YORK − There's a giant pigeon in Manhattan. And it's making people everywhere understand more about the much-maligned birds and the flightiness of their biggest critics - humans. The 16-foot ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

The oil doesn't mix, then a losing streak sets it on fire. But that hasn't been the case with the Edmonton Oilers and Jeff Skinner. To recap (for those just joining us now) the Oilers signed ...