Passenger pigeons used to be the most abundant bird in North America. But hunters drove them to extinction, and by 1914, only one was left. A... Lone Passenger Pigeon Escapes Pie Pan, Lands In ...

The history of the extinct passenger pigeon has a local footnote. In 1895 the last nest and egg of that species to be found in the wild were collected near Minneapolis, exact location unknown. This ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A hundred years ago, Martha died and an environmental cautionary tale was born. On Sept. 1, 1914, Martha, a passenger pigeon, fell off her perch at the Cincinnati Zoo and dropped dead.

PETOSKEY — In 1914, the very last known passenger pigeon died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Now, 109 years later, passenger pigeons are most famously known as a species driven to extinction. Historical ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In 1800, the world’s human population had yet to hit one billion. However, in North America, it ...

The sad story of the passenger pigeon is an important part of Wisconsin history, and a link to an area bordering Juneau County. The passenger pigeon was so named for its habit of passing from one part ...

The eye-catching birds of North America that went extinct during the last century weren’t experiencing genetic decline before their disappearance – which suggests humans were probably responsible for ...

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"Pigeon: It's what's for dinner." That might sound strange to us, but it could have been uttered by our great-grandparents. Baked into pot pies, stewed, fried or salted, the passenger pigeon was a ...