The dodo, a bird that humans hunted to extinction in the ... analogous to [those of] climbing and running birds alive today," study co-author Neil Gostling, an evolutionary biologist at the ...

The extinct dodo bird was said to be unintelligent and clumsy. Contrary to popular belief, the creature’s disappearance had little to do with brain function or muscle power and a lot to do with human ...

The dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is a case study of extinction caused by humans. The dodo had adapted to its isolated ecosystem ...

Julian explains what went wrong for the dodo, why artists exaggerate and which other forgotten species died out alongside the bird. Despite its relatively recent extinction, the life history of the ...