Special Episode: How Do Pigeons Deliver Mail? (Guest: Eryn Lynum from Nat Theo Podcast Show)

Real Cool History for Kids

Angela O'Dell

Education, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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SPECIAL GUEST INFORMATION:

Explore God's Wild & Wonderful world on Nat Theo: Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible, a podcast for kids and families: https://erynlynum.com/nattheo

Have you ever heard of a bird delivering mail? We recently learned about Cher Ami, a homing pigeon who served in World War I and delivered a life-saving message that helped save many soldiers. Today, we are deep diving into how God designed homing pigeons with this incredible ability to find their way across the sky. This lesson comes straight from Nat Theo: Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible, a podcast for kids and families.

Here's what we'll be learning:

Why Were Pigeons Used to Deliver Messages?
What Is Magnetoreception?
How Do Pigeons Find the Right Address?
Do Humans Have a Homing Instinct?

This episode originally aired on Nat Theo: Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible: https://erynlynum.com/nattheo

Listen to Real Cool History for Kids Episode 169: the Amazing Story of Cher Ami HERE

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. This is Angela O'Dell, host of the Real Cool History for Kids podcast show.
0:18.9	I know that it is unusual for me to be coming to you on a week
0:23.8	that is not a new release for the Real Cool History for Kids podcast show, but I have something
0:30.0	special for you today. It's a special treat. Recently, I shared an episode with the amazing story of Cher Ami, a homing pigeon who served in World War I and delivered a life-saving message that helped save many soldiers' lives.
0:48.9	Well, today, we are going to dive deep into how God designed homing pigeons with this incredible ability
0:58.6	to find their way on long voyages. This lesson comes straight from Nat Theo, nature lessons rooted
1:08.8	in the Bible. It's a special podcast for kids and families.
1:13.9	So if you love amazing animals, maybe like playful otters, enormous elephants,
1:20.2	glow in the dark beetles and stealthy sharks, then you're going to love Nat Theo, nature lessons rooted in the Bible.
1:31.8	Nat Theo is a podcast for kids and families that explores God's incredible design in nature
1:38.2	with real science from a biblical worldview. And today, you're going to get a special treat,
1:45.0	a full Nat Theo Bible and Nature lesson
1:49.0	right here on real cool history for kids.
1:52.0	So in this episode, we're going to discover something wild,
1:56.0	how pigeons navigate and deliver mail.
2:00.0	And when you're done listening, Nat Theo has over
2:04.4	100 more free episodes waiting for you. You'll learn things like how oxalottles can regrow parts of
2:13.8	their body, why beavers have orange teeth, and why platypuses lay eggs.
2:21.3	Grow in faith and wonder as you explore God's wild and wonderful world.
2:27.5	So kids, after this episode, ask your parents if you can listen to Nat Theo,
2:33.7	nature lessons rooted in the Bible at the link in our show notes to enjoy more Bible and nature lessons.
2:41.4	Okay, now let's learn how God designed pigeons to deliver mail.
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