Extinct Species (IMAGE)

University of Cincinnati

Extinct Species

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Heather Farrington, curator of zoology for the Cincinnati Museum Center, opens a cabinet containing extinct specimens of passenger pigeons, Carolina parakeets, Eskimo curlews and ivory-billed woodpeckers. The museum is using ancient DNA today to help save species on the brink of extinction.

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