The rock pigeon (Columba livia), from which most modern domestic and feral pigeons descend, originally nested in cliffs and rocky crevices in the wild. These environments required minimal nesting ...

Though the written history of their relationship is disputed, some scholars suggest that it all began approximately 10,000 years ago when the ancient Mesopotamian settlements began to domesticate rock ...

Additional impressive images include Drew Buckley’s dramatic view of Scotland’s Monadhliath Mountains with a white hare in the foreground and a troupe of ravenous pigeons headed for a bag of chips, ...

Staff at St Columba College, in Andrews Farm, stayed home on Friday to catch up on admin tasks and “re-energise” as part of a trial initiative, principal Darren Pitt said. “We want to help ...

Bluebridge will replace the Strait Feronia, which first launched in 1997, with the Stena Livia, which began sailing in 2008. The Stena Livia is currently sailing for the company Stena Line between ...

When we set out to find a suitable vessel replacement a few months ago, we wanted to be able to provide more freight and passenger capacity and the Livia delivers both.” McMahon said the new ...

The songbird vocal motor nucleus HVC contains cells that project to the basal ganglia, the auditory system, or downstream vocal motor structures. In this fundamental study, the authors conduct ...