Images of doves are everywhere this holiday season, symbols of peace that surely provide an urgent message for today's strife-torn world. As birds go, however, I can't say that doves are more peaceful ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. fulya_/ iStock via Getty Images When I sit outside in my backyard, I often hear the distinctive calls of the mourning dove. If you ...

When thinking of a dove, one typically pictures a small white bird. This bird is actually a Release Dove and is bred for the albinism that creates the white color that occurs rarely in nature. Doves ...

As I gaze at the bird feeders outside my living room window in Decatur, three mourning doves swoop in. Two of them land beneath the feeders and start pecking at seeds that have spilled onto the ground ...

Earlier this week, while stopping at a country store in Monroe County to buy some snacks, I ran into an old acquaintance decked out in well-worn, camouflage hunting clothes. “Going deer hunting?” I ...

The mourning dove, designated during the Vietnam era as the state’s symbol of peace, can be hunted like any other wild game, the state Supreme Court ruled in Madison. The court said that doves fell ...

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LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. Elsewhere, the mourning dove is a symbol of peace. But here in western Missouri, the sight of those familiar speckled wings against the September sky means something altogether ...