a large flightless bird quietly became extinct on an island in the Indian Ocean. Today this bird is all but forgotten. Early explorers to Rodrigues described a "Dodo" living on the tiny forested ...

Even during the nineteenth century, many people were under the impression that the dodo bird was a mythical creature. However, the flightless, large-beaked birds were real and actually existed.

The dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is a case study of extinction caused by humans. The dodo had adapted to its isolated ecosystem ...

The bird shed its feathers in March revealing ... meaning they were vulnerable to attack by feral mammals. Dr Angst said the dodo is considered "a very big icon of animal-human induced extinction ...

Analysis of the dodo's anatomy shows that it was actually very well-adapted to living in Mauritius. CT scans of skulls in the Museum's collection show that dodos were relatively intelligent birds, ...