Pigeons may be ubiquitous, but they're also brainy, according to a new study that found these birds are on par with primates when it comes to numerical competence. The study, published in the latest ...

Pigeons may not be so bird-brained after all, as scientists have found the birds' ability to understand numbers is on par with that of primates. Previous studies have shown that various animals, from ...

MERIDIAN, Miss. -- When you think of classroom learning tools, your mind likely conjures up images of textbooks, rulers, and microscopes. Fourth-graders at Poplar Springs Elementary are learning ...

Pigeons, it turns out, are no slouches, either. It was known that they could count. But all sorts of animals, including bees, can count. Pigeons have now shown that they can learn abstract rules about ...

Discovered: Multitasking isn't a myth, pigeons aren't as dumb as they look and act, anti-depressants and therapy don't really work, the Brits' criminal and pirate ancestors, better treatment for ...

You have to give the lowly pigeon some credit. It thrives in some of the world's toughest environments - like London or New York. With apologies to Frank Sinatra, "If I can make if there, I'll make it ...

Pigeons perform just as well on certain math tests as monkeys do, scientists in New Zealand have found. While the birds may not seem very bright at first glance, they can be trained to use abstract ...

Discovered: Multitasking isn't a myth, pigeons aren't as dumb as they look and act, anti-depressants and therapy don't really work, the Brits' criminal and pirate ancestors, better treatment for ...

Born to multi-task. Everyone likes to think they can juggle tasks, like Gchat and blog, for example, better than their cube-neighbors. But research has crushed those delusions, finding that most ...