On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

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

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

This poor old bird is a dodo. It once lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. And it's almost certainly the first animal species that human beings actually exterminated in historic ...

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for their brawn than their brains and often rely on their running speed and ...

The dodo is one of the early entries on an already lengthy list of extinctions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dr Anna Berenson has started a five-year project to perfect the process of creating one bird species from a close relative ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, passenger pigeon, and others. Scientists worldwide are engaged in these ...

A groundbreaking scientific initiative to bring back extinct animals has gained star-studded support, with Tom Brady and Tiger Woods joining forces with Colossal Biosciences. The b ...