Many animals will sound an alarm to alert other members of their group of impending danger. Now, researchers have shown that crested pigeons do this in a surprisingly non-vocal way. One of their main ...

Discover how crested pigeon alarm signals help warn of danger using whistling feathers, supporting Darwin's theory of musical communication. When the crested pigeon of Australia flees potential foes, ...

A small contingent of chunky, dove-like birds cautiously patter around a clearing in a park in suburban Sydney. Suddenly, a feral cat pounces out from some nearby brush, narrowly missing a flock ...

Charles Darwin once posited that birds might flap their wings to communicate, not just to fly. However, this has always been pretty tricky to test. Now, 150 years later, researchers have discovered ...

Birds have a variety of alarm calls that warn other members of the flock about impending danger. But for some birds, the very act of taking off is enough to sound the alarm. Mae Hingee and Robert ...

They build a rough platform of twigs for a nest, quite low to the ground, and both sexes share parental duties. The crested pigeon has a conspicuous thin black crest and most of the plumage is grey ...

The crested pigeon has a conspicuous thin black crest and most of the plumage is grey-brown, becoming pinker on the underparts. The wings are barred with black and decorated with glossy green and ...

Many animals will sound an alarm to alert other members of their group of impending danger. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on November 9 have shown that crested pigeons do this in a ...