Delightful Creatures Someone is putting hats on pigeons in Las Vegas Rob Beschizza

nyc Giant pigeon to visit New York Gail Sherman

Boing Boing Gadgets Soar the skies and capture sights with these Ninja Dragon drones! Boing Boing's Shop

documentary Andrew McCarthy reunites with the Brat Pack for "Brats" doc Rusty Blazenhoff

Science An interactive ecological time machine takes you to New York City in 1609 Ruben Bolling

olympics French waiters have their own Olympics! Natalie Dressed

Delightful Creatures Hear me out: pigeons are actually really interesting Gail Sherman

plagiarism Ghostwriting's plagiarism problem Rob Beschizza

animals Albatrosses listen to the sea to navigate the sky David Pescovitz

animals Researchers in Perth, Australia believe these are the first recorded echidna vocalizations. Spoiler alert: they sound like a cross between a pigeon cooing and a tiny horse neighing Jennifer Sandlin

werner herzog The curious history of the dancing chicken in Werner Herzog's 1977 film Stroszek Jennifer Sandlin

animals This bizarre pigeon looks like something from a Pixar film directed by Salvador Dalí (video) David Pescovitz

carrion crow Another reason why crows are cool: they make nests out of anti-bird spikes Mark Frauenfelder

san francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit unveils cool anime mascots to woo youth riders Rusty Blazenhoff

opera Bossy pigeon from Mo Willems' 'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!' makes operatic debut Rusty Blazenhoff

"Dig Where Your Stand", Swedish rallying cry for workers, translated into English for the first time Elías Villoro

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro

Sears and Roebuck’s monkey business When you could buy a monkey from the Sears mail-order catalog Elías Villoro

Dead birds transformed into flying drones for spying David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Listen to this irritated French bulldog coo exactly like a bird (video) Carla Sinclair