Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose has grown increasingly ...

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 ...

After darkening the skies of North America for 20,000 years, the passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction. It changed our ...

The passenger pigeon was once the most numerous bird in the world. In the mid-1800s, billions of these birds were flying over the forests of eastern North America. Yet in just half a century, they’d ...

The noble passenger pigeon's common name comes from the French term pigeon de passage, referring to the massive migrations of these birds across the sky. A flock of passenger pigeons reported in ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Auk Vol. 28, No. 4, Oct., 1911 Other Early Records of the Passenger Pig... Other Early Records ...

George the Pinta Island tortoise and Martha the passenger pigeon achieved fame as ‘endlings’ – the last individuals of their species. Their passing is tragic, but can their fate perhaps help us to ...

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