PBS
Pbs Learning Media: City Pigeons
Learn about the history of pigeons in this video segment from WILD TV. [1:27]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Domesticated Pigeons
This video segment from WILD TV features a man who raises pigeons as a hobby. [3:18]
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Doves
This site gives an in-depth description of a dove, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Pigeons
This site gives an in-depth description of a pigeon, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Pigeon Express [Pdf]
"Pigeon Express" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a man who had carrier pigeons and sent messages to his sister on the other side of town everyday. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Pigeons: Masters of Pomp and Circumstance
This article examines a variety of topics related to pigeons including Billing and Cooing, Project PigeonWatch, behavior differences, and distribution patterns.
Bagheera
Bagheera.com: Extinct in the Wild Passenger Pigeon
The passenger pigeon was once "the most abundant bird species on earth" but is now extinct. This article investigates the causes for extinction and then has several thought provoking questions to consider at the end.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Pigeons Smell Their Way Home
From ABC News in Science, Rossella Lorenzi's article discusses the research of Italian scientists who may have discovered the secret to the pigeon's legendary "homing" capabilities.