One hundred years ago, on Sept. 1 1914, the last known passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo. “Martha” was reported to have been at least 17 years old. Rarely, if ever, have we known the precise ...

WISCONSIN DELLS - A flock of 136 million passenger pigeons once flew over Wisconsin. The bird has been extinct for decades. But now, a Wisconsin Dells businessman wants to keep the memory of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the moment that humanity learned we had the awesome power to erase an entire species off the face of the Earth in the scientific equivalent of a blink of an eye: The passenger ...

While the ivory-billed woodpecker has attracted a lot of attention in the 21st century due to reported sightings, it was not been the only Arkansas-dwelling bird that went extinct during the 20th ...

State Rep. Perry Stambaugh, R-Perry, introduced House Bill 400 to designate the passenger pigeon as the official extinct species of Pennsylvania. Stambaugh said the passenger pigeon, once the most ...

Introduction.--My boyhood among the pigeons.--The passenger pigeon, from "American ornithology", by A. Wilson.--The passenger pigeon, from "Ornithological biography", by J.J. Audubon.--As James ...

Passenger pigeons — which as late as the mid-19th century numbered in the billions — were found in the forests of North America’s eastern half. Although Central Illinois was mostly tallgrass prairie, ...

The first day of the new year is a great time to reflect on the past and make plans for the future. Joshua’s Tract ...