Photographer Luisa Maria Stagno is on a mission to document the most unusual pigeons out there, from a Danish Suabian to a Gimpel ...

“They were domesticated before the dawn of recorded writing,” she says, from a species called the rock dove. “We know Genghis Khan was using pigeons to communicate with his army. The results ...

There are 375 different breeds represented at the 2025 Grand National Pigeon Show, all of them derived from the common Rock Dove. That includes the Pouters, the Croppers, the Trumpeters ...

Unlike the typical smooth feathers you see on city pigeons (also known as rock doves), Frillbacks have a bit of flair that makes them look like they’ve just strutted out of an 1980s perm party.