Passenger Pigeon
Passenger Pigeons were one of the most abundant birds in the world, with total numbers estimated at 3-5 billion. Hunting…
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Ivory-billed Woodpecker
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, an iconic bird of the American Southeast, declined rapidly as its forests were logged on massive scales….
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Eskimo Curlew
The Eskimo Curlew traveled far, breeding in northern Canada and Alaska and wintering in southern South America. Hunting decimated Curlew…
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Carolina Parakeet
Naturalists noticed declining populations of the once-common Carolina Parakeets as early as the 1830s. By the end of the 19th…
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Blue Hole Birds
Fossils recently discovered inside a flooded sinkhole reveal a lost world of animals that once lived on islands in the…
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Xerces Blue
Xerces Blue butterflies were last seen in the early 1940s in the San Francisco Bay area. It is one of…
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Native Hawaiian Snails
The Hawaiian Islands once had over 800 different types of snails. Scientists estimate that nearly half have been lost to…
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Maryland Darter
Biologists discovered the Maryland Darter in 1912 in a creek in Maryland, and the reclusive fish wasn’t seen again until…
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Jambato Toad
The Jambato Toad has been hard-hit by the epidemic spread of the fungus causing the decline and extinction of many…
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