Scientists believe they may have new insights into why passenger pigeons went extinct, after analyzing DNA from the toes of birds that have been carefully preserved in museums for over a century.

They also proposed that the passenger pigeon’s population was already in a natural decline when European immigrants and colonists came along and pushed them over the edge into extinction.

She was the last known member of her species. Several decades earlier, the idea of passenger pigeons going extinct was almost unimaginable. People living in North America in the first half of the ...

"a huge surge in hunting and deforestation saw them rapidly driven towards extinction in just a few decades, with Martha being the last survivor. "The demise of the passenger pigeon is one of the ...

over-hunting and habitat destruction drove the birds to a swift extinction. Check out these photos of the passenger pigeon's tragic demise — and a high-tech effort that just might bring them back.

The extinction of the passenger pigeon is a poignant example of what happens when the interests of man clash with the interests of nature. It is believed that this species once constituted 25 to 40 ...

Todd McGrain does an excellent job describing the natural history of the passenger pigeon, its extinction and the possibility of its "de-extinction" ("Can Science Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon?," ...

Now, 109 years later, passenger pigeons are most famously known as a species driven to extinction. Historical records state passenger pigeons were once so numerous they darkened the skies when ...

Colossal has also announced plans to revive the thylacine, an extinct Australian carnivore — and other scientists are attempting to bring back species like the passenger pigeon, a once-legendary ...

A hundred years ago on Monday, a once-mighty species became extinct. At the Cincinnati Zoo, a passenger pigeon named Martha died at the age of 29. People coming to the zoo to see the last ...

Additionally, the story has been updated with information regarding the joint forestry experiment and the positive potential for passenger pigeon de-extinction from Revive & Restore. The passenger ...

Now, sadly, they are extinct. On September 1, 1914, Martha, the passenger pigeon, was found dead on the floor of her cage at the Cincinnati Zoo. She was the last surviving member of her species.