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

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

It was dubbed "dodo" -- meaning simpleton -- for its perceived stupidity. Having never encountered humans or other predators before, these kind and gentle birds were extinct by the 1680s.

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 ...

Dodo bird This ancient, 50-pound flightless bird once thrived on the island of Mauritius. The species was first documented by Dutch sailors around the year 1600. But by 1681, they were wiped off ...

Once abundant on the island of Mauritius, the Dodo bird became an iconic symbol of extinction due to human actions. This flightless bird evolved without natural predators, making it easy prey for ...

According to a digital 3D model of the bird Hume developed based on a skeleton from the Durban Natural Science Museum in South Africa, the dodo once stood around 70 centimeters (2.3 feet) tall and ...

WASHINGTON — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while ...

Key Points 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 ...

When I asked our guide, he smiled and said: “Oh, that’s the dodo.” He waxed eloquent about this plump, flightless bird that was once native to Mauritius and became extinct over 300 years ago.

New research in the U.K. found that the famous Oxford dodo died after being shot in the back of the head. Native to the island of Mauritius, the dodo was first discovered by sailors in 1598, and ...

It's likely a set of bones found in Mauritius will form a complete skeleton of the long-extinct dodo, an international team of scientists says. No complete skeleton of the flightless bird has been ...