Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914, and became a defining symbol of human-caused extinction.
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio / Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Martha died in 1914 as the last known passenger pigeon after a species once numbering in the billions collapsed.
Her body was preserved at the Smithsonian, making one individual a lasting witness to human-caused extinction.
Martha is archived because extinction is clearer when it has a final named animal.
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