For centuries, the dodo has stood as a symbol of the delicacy of nature and how easily diversity can be lost, but what if the ...

In a new study, evolutionary biologists parsed true historical accounts of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus) from collected myths about related birds. Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty ...

Its image was influenced by pictures like this one painted by ... that it made a pigeon-like call, which gave the bird its name. The dodo probably fed on fruit. There was a lot of it on the ...

De Agostini via Getty Images The firm’s goal ... Colossal aims to successfully reproduce the dodo and recreate a sustainable habitat for the bird in Mauritius, where it was once found.

The last dodo sighting is believed to have been in 1662. Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images. The Rodrigues solitaire is another type of extinct bird and a close relative to the dodo.

The page explains that modern reconstructions and caricatures of the large flightless bird are based on "old pictures and the few bones and skins" left. The dodo went extinct in the 17th century ...

a dodo that’s been reverse-engineered using the DNA of similar bird species — to what would have been its natural habitat in Mauritius. picture alliance/picture alliance/Getty Images “Once a ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science fiction: reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than ...

A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird. A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and ...