One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

Its feet were modeled on a turkey and its beak ... and some experts suggest that it made a pigeon-like call, which gave the bird its name. The dodo probably fed on fruit. There was a lot of ...

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for their brawn than their brains and often rely on their running speed and ...

"This species is even more evolutionarily distinct than the dodo ... birds have gone extinct since the arrival of humans on the islands, among them a giant owl that stood nearly four feet tall ...

The dodo had downy grey feathers with a white tail plume. The backside of the dodo was believed to have a tuft of lightly coloured feathers ...

Scientists at a Dallas, Texas-based company recently announced that they would be attempting to bring the dodo bird, which became extinct in 1681, back to life with a process called de-extinction.