As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose has grown increasingly ceremonial.

Western North Carolina is home to more than a million acres of national forest controlled by the Forest Service. In addition, ...

Coupled with large-scale habitat destruction due to logging and agricultural ... the belief that such an abundant species could never be wiped out. The last known wild passenger pigeon was shot in ...

The database of endangered species is a list that no animal, plant, fungus, or other organic being wants to land on. You ...

Although also hunted by indigenous peoples, passenger pigeon populations had remained steady under their watch. In 1895, Chief Pokagon, the last Potawatomi chief, had this to say about his memories of ...

However, by the early 20th century, the last known passenger pigeon, Martha, died in captivity in 1914. The reasons for their sudden decline are still debated, with overhunting and habitat destruction ...

“Where’s the dodo or the passenger pigeon of the sea turtle world ... their way out of their nest toward the surface. As the last layer of sand crumbles away, hatchlings boil out of ...