Evidence from bone specimens indicated that the dodo had a powerful tendon analogous to those found on climbing and running birds alive today, a finding that effectively dispels its slow and ...

Since the children’s book is a work of fiction, perhaps you may have thought that the dodo bird itself was also spun from the imagination of a creative writer. And you wouldn’t be alone.

AN extinct species could make a comeback nearly 100 years after it disappeared as scientists claim they are 0.1% away from reviving the animal. A biotech company based in Dallas, Texas, revealed ...

But given the other species have much shorter gestation, it is highly likely that we will see another species before the ...

The dodo was a flightless bird about the size of a male turkey that had a long, hooked beak and the goofy charm of an emperor penguin. Its ancestor first appeared on Earth more than 25 million ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

Julian explains what went wrong for the dodo, why artists exaggerate and which other forgotten species died out alongside the bird. Despite its relatively recent extinction, the life history of the ...

They found that many species, such as the Nazarene dodo, were fictional. On the other hand ... analogous to [those of] climbing and running birds alive today," said Neil Gostling, a co-author of the ...

Dodo bones are part of a collection of memorabilia which is up for auction in West Sussex. Late naturalist Ralfe Whistler's shrine to the extinct birds will ... A shoulder bone found by George ...