Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, ...

A genomic analysis reveals that the Carolina parakeet disappeared suddenly and abruptly, without any genetic signatures associated with a dwindling population, and thus this species’ extinction is ...

In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental United ...

Researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, a joint institute of the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) in Barcelona and the Globe ...

I thought I had taken a photograph of an extinct bird -- a Carolina parakeet. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, stuffed specimen tucked away ...

Researchers have produced the first whole genome of the Carolina parakeet, a recently extinct parrot native to the United States. The bird’s DNA reveals that humans (and probably humans alone) brought ...

Editor's note: The following is the second installment of a monthly series, Hidden Treasures of the Bruce Museum. From a nearly seven-foot ostrich skeleton to tiny hummingbirds, birds are one of ...

Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, ...