Once abundant on the island of Mauritius, the Dodo bird became an iconic symbol of extinction due to human actions. This ...

Since last being sighted in 1662, the dodo has become the symbol of extinction.

The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we ...

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 new study has found that dodos were not the slow and simple-minded creatures often portrayed in popular culture. In fact, the birds were quite the opposite. Researchers examined early records and ...

Efforts to de-extinct the dodo bird are underway. Conservationists and scientists not only can but should follow through. Humanity has a moral responsibility to right our wrongs when possible. Before ...

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, Didus ineptus, extinct flightless bird. Illustration signed S (George Shaw), but appears based on George Edwards' illustration in 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds,' 1750.

Whoopi Goldberg stands against the scientific resurrection of the woolly mammoth, the dodo bird, and the dire wolf. Goldberg does, however, like the thought of Tasmanian tigers once again roaming ...