No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out in just a few decades, the dodo has become a symbol of extinction and ...

A manumea, the closest living relative of the extinct dodo bird, has been sighted for the first time since 2013, raising hope that the critically endangered species can be saved from extinction. The ...

Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird. In a paper published today [16 August 2024] in the ...

The word dodo has become almost synonymous with extinction itself. Most people can name this flightless bird when asked about vanished species, yet the real story behind its disappearance has remained ...

Centuries ago, Mauritius held a world unlike anything sailors expected to find. The island sat far from major travel routes, and its wildlife evolved without outside pressure. The dodo lived at the ...