Passenger pigeons, Denver Museum of Nature and Science (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Passenger pigeons, Denver Museum of Nature and Science

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Passenger pigeons went extinct over 100 years ago, yet DNA from museum specimens has illuminated much about their natural history.

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Richard Wicker, Denver Museum of Nature and Science

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