Endlings, the sad end of the last of a species

[Catherine]

Many species have gone extinct, but in some cases we have had a living member of the species with us a while longer after the rest of the species has died in the wild. Martha the Passenger Pigeon is the most famous. The zoo still maintains a memorial to her. Her body is still being kept frozen.
She is one of many.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/1...-their-spe

It is important that we do make note of these endlings. They represent all the many species that have been lost and they represent their own species.
We should never take any species for granted. Animals like Martha are a constant reminder of that fact. We didn't take Passenger Pigeons seriously and now there are no more.