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

reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than three centuries. A growing group of scientists is trying to bring ...

The bird — fat and flightless ... For four centuries, it’s been a symbol in our art and arguments. What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke ...