The extinction of the passenger pigeon is a poignant example of what happens when the ... offered for the capture of wild passenger pigeons. From 1909 to 1912, the American Ornithologists' Union ...

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 man who would design the first American pursuit plane was George Norman Albree. Born in Boston on February 3, 1888, Albree would graduate from Dartmouth College in 1912 after attending courses ...

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He said the Oklahoma-based American Pigeon Union had confirmed that Joe was registered to an owner in Montgomery, Alabama. Celli-Bird said he had attempted to contact the owner but had so far been ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — According to the American Red Cross, house fires are the most frequent disasters. Leaders with the organization said people have about two minutes to escape a home fire.