And so now we talk about being 'as dead as a dodo.' But in spite of its fame, this one is a fake. Its feathers come from a goose. Its feet were modeled on a turkey and its beak, I suspect, is plaster.

The dodo wasn’t as daffy a duck as we once thought. Despite their dim reputation, evolutionary biologists have learned that the infamously extinct bird, hunted out of existence by humans in the ...

The dodo is one of the most iconic—and misunderstood—extinct animals. Four hundred years after its extinction, the popular narrative remains that the flightless bird was simply too dumb, slow ...

The Dodo. Woman Spots A Strange 'Stick' On Her Porch — Then Realizes It's Alive. Story by Stephen Messenger • 50m. Sometimes, nature’s most remarkable wonders are hiding in plain sight.

Representations of dodos may look hilariously gormless and their name is now synonymous with the likes of 'dolt' and 'boofhead'. But it seems the dodo's situation more aptly represents victim ...

Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird. In a paper published today [16 August 2024] in the ...

Only two are known to be alive, both female. But scientific breakthroughs are raising hopes for saving the rhino and perhaps even bringing other animals back from extinction. John Yang reports.

Not ‘as dead as a Dodo’ “The restoration of the Mauritius Kestrel has been an international effort and demonstrates what can be achieved if we co-operate,” says Jones. Since its creation and then ...

Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird. Researchers have undertaken the most comprehensive ...