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 ...

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 ...

De-extinction has been proposed as a way of bringing back a number of vanished species, including the woolly mammoth. But it’s the passenger pigeon that is currently getting the most attention.

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 ...

The Colossal Company ‘is the de-extinction company.’ They are financing much of the work and their aim really is to bring ...

Now that a "de-extinction" company says it has revived the dire wolf species that was extinct for over 10,000 years, could ...

Science is taking a major step forward by exploring the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life. Iconic animals like the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the Tasmanian tiger could ...

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.

In her recent book How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction, Shapiro builds on her vast experience studying ancient DNA (from woolly mammoths and bison to dodos and passenger pigeons ...

Now, a genomic analysis of conserved pigeon specimens sheds light on how the extinction occurred. Researchers were able to show that the passenger pigeon population did not have much genetic diversity ...

The last passenger pigeon named Martha died in a Cincinnati ... Ancient hunters may have contributed to the Ice Age animals’ extinction, but the evidence is not certain. Gone are the saber ...

The exact causes of the passenger pigeon's extinction are unclear, but massive hunting and persecution were among the most devastating impacts, since the bird was very poorly adapted to escape people.