Only a century after that flock passed through Kentucky like a hurricane, the last passenger pigeon died in a drab cage at the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens. Her name was Martha. Today ...

The small captive flocks weakened and died. The last known individual of the passenger pigeon species was "Martha" (named after Martha Washington). She died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, and ...

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.

Yet in just half a century, they’d disappeared entirely. On 1 September 1914, a passenger pigeon called Martha died at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. She was the last known member of her species.

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Pairs of passenger pigeons were monogamous while nesting. LIFE CYCLE: In captivity, a passenger pigeon was capable of living at least 15 years; Martha, the last known living passenger pigeon, was at ...

The passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction 99 years ago, but researchers are planning to use DNA from museum specimens to bring the bird back to life. Working for an organization called Revive and ...

A Columbian mammoth skull and tusk at the State Museum in Albany. An image of “Martha,” the last passenger pigeon, which died in captivity in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. An illustration of the ...