Why was that so important? There is only one near-complete dodo skeleton that exists, consisting of bones from just one bird, and it has remained unstudied until the twenty-first century. It is ...

Colonisation also brought new species to the island, such as rats, dogs, cats and pigs, which all contributed to the extinction of the flightless dodo A femur bone from the extinct bird the dodo ...

Late naturalist Ralfe Whistler's shrine to the extinct birds will be sold at Summers ... Summers Place Auctions sold a near complete dodo skeleton, believed to be one of only 12 worldwide, for ...

The extinct dodo bird was said to be unintelligent and clumsy. Contrary to popular belief, the creature’s disappearance had little to do with brain function or muscle power and a lot to do with human ...

Our bird skeleton collection, also called the avian osteology collection ... some Atlantic islands and Puerto Rico - along with material of key taxa such as the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). The Museum's ...