When Yaki, a struggling Israeli musician, learns his late father’s beloved dove is worth tens of thousands of dollars, he ...

Amid spring’s profusion of birdsong, one of the most iconic voices is that of the mourning dove. It’s a familiar sound, in which an opening note swells into a higher second syllable, then falls back ...

Doves have a long connection with the winter holiday season. Along with the Magi that brought gifts to the Holy Family at the first Nativity scene, there were shepherds who brought gifts of fruit, ...

While southern New Mexico may not harbor any wild turtle-doves as called for in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song, it is home to eight different species of doves and pigeons, six of which are native ...

The irony was too much: When Pope Francis and two children released two white "peace doves" at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on Sunday, the doves were immediately attacked by other birds, ...

Come on birds, give peace a chance. Two white doves released by smiling children from a window above St. Peter’s Square were immediately attacked by other birds, turning Sunday services into an aerial ...