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 ...

the Passenger Pigeon’s descent into extinction was swift. Mass hunting and habitat destruction in the 19th century wiped out this once-abundant species, with the last known individual, Martha, passing ...