Crossword puzzle clue "beginning of species"

Beginning (of species?)

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's ___ ..." (Semisonic)

"In the beginning" is its beginning

"I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place ..."

Yellow Pokémon species that ultimately evolves to Alakazam

Endangered Species ___ (environmental protection law)

Change, as a species

Penguin species