Early sailors reaching Mauritius described an island rich in wildlife, including a flightless bird with little fear of people ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Flightless birds, like the dodo bird of the small Indian ...
Sir David Attenborough comes face-to-face with the dodo, the first animal driven to extinction by humans in recorded history. In this extraordinary encounter, he reveals how this long-lost species has ...
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 ...
Scientists say they've identified "genetic switches" - 2,300 pieces of DNA linked to the dodo's skull and beak - in a ...
An audacious collaboration between geneticists and conservationists plans to bring back the extinct dodo and reintroduce it to its once-native habitat in Mauritius. US-based biotechnology and genetic ...
Learn how brain imprints on dodo skulls suggest that the flightless bird was exceptionally active and had a great sense of smell. The extinct dodo gets a bad rap as a scatterbrained bird, but it’s not ...